The official website and Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Kanata Yanagino and Kususaga Rin's The Faraway Paladin (Saihate no Paladin) light novel series has released a new key visual, second promotional video, two new cast members and October 7 premiere.
Akira Iwanaga is the new director of the anime at OLM and Sunrise Beyond (Children's Playground Entertainment animated the first season). Tatsuya Takahashi is again overseeing the series scripts. Tatsuya Arai is a new character designer alongside returning character designer Koji Haneda. Ryuuichi Takada and Keigo Hoashi from MONACA are returning to compose the music.
The opening theme song titled, "Meika" will be performed by Nagi Yanagi.
The ending theme song titled, "Puzzle" will be performed by KOTOKO.
The second season is titled Saihate no Paladin: Tetsusabi no Yama no Ō (The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of Rust Mountain).
The Faraway Paladin Season 2 is set to premiere on October 7, 2023. Crunchyroll will stream the new season as part of their Fall 2023 season lineup.
NEW KEY VISUAL:
2ND PV:
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gô Shinomiya as Ru / Kenichirō Matsuda as Gelrays
NEW MAIN CAST:
Shōya Chiba as Will (Adult)
RETURNING CAST:
Maki Kawase as Will (William) (Young/Adolescent)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Blood
Yui Horie as Mary
Nobuo Tobita as Gus (Augustus)
Ayumu Murase as Menel (Meneldor)
Aoi Yuki as Gracefeel
Hiroki Takahashi as Stagnate
Eri Suzuki as Bee (Robina Goodfellow)
Kōji Yusa as Tonio (Antonio)
Kenji Nomura as Reystov
Minoru Inaba as Bagley
Atsushi Tamaru as Ethelbald
TEASER VISUAL:
J-Novel Club publishes the novels in English and describes the series as:
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin. "I promised you. It's gonna take a while, but I'll tell you everything. This is the story of the deaths of many heroes. It's the story of how we died, and it's the reason you grew up here."
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin. "I promised you. It's gonna take a while, but I'll tell you everything. This is the story of the deaths of many heroes. It's the story of how we died, and it's the reason you grew up here."