The official website for the television anime adaptation of Rocket Shoukai and Nakashima723's Yuusha no Kuzu (Scum of the Brave) manga revealed three additional cast members, a key visual (pictured), the theme songs, and first promotional video on Saturday. The anime is scheduled to run for two consecutive cours starting on January 11, 2026 at 12:55 a.m. on NTV, followed by AT-X.

Cast
Saera Kashiwagi Pendragon: Yumiri Hanamori (Jigokuraku)
Yukine Indou: Momo Harumi (Uchuujin MuuMuu)
Aki Jougamine: Akari Kitou (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Yashiro: Ryouta Suzuki (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai)
Moguri no Maruta: Yasuhiro Takato (Hetalia Axis Powers)
Ishinoo: Daisuke Hirakawa (Noblesse)
Joe: Hinata Tadokoro (Ousama Ranking)

Singer-songwriter TOOBOE (Mahoutsukai ni Narenakatta Onnanoko no Hanashi) is performing the opening theme "GUN POWDER." Ima Mulasaki is performing the ending theme "Mental Rental." Both theme songs are previewed in the second promo below.

Shinji Ushiro (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san 2nd Attack) is directing the anime at OLM, with Youichi Katou (Scarlet Nexus) handling the series composition and script. Rikou Murakami (Boku no Hero Academia the Movie 4: You're Next sub-character design) is designing the characters. Kenichiro Suehiro (Enen no Shouboutai) is composing the music.

Rocket Shoukai originally penned the main story as a web novel on the Kakuyomu website from February to March in 2016. Kadokawa published the novel under its Kadokawa Books imprint in December that year, featuring illustrations by Yuuya Kusaka (Majutsushi Orphen).

Nakashima723 originally self-published the manga on the web in June 2018 and released the first volume on the Kindle Indies Manga platform in November that year. Comic Border began serializing a manga adaptation in February 2022. LEED Publishing released the seventh volume on March 21, with the eighth volume scheduled to go on sale on December 18.

The first volume was released in English by comic translation engine Mantra Comics in March 2020. Manga Planet began publishing the chapters in English in May 2020.

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Source: Comic Natalie