TV anime Sentenced to Be a Hero will make on site appearances at two major anime events in late 2025, before its 60 minute extended Episode 1 airs in January 2026.
In Italy, the series will hold a premiere screening at Lucca Comics & Games 2025. The session is scheduled for 30 October 2025 from 12.00pm to 1.00pm at the Auditorium San Girolamo, presenting Episode 1 in full.
Korea will then host a stage program at Anime x Game Festival 2025. The Sentenced to Be a Hero Special Stage takes place on 7 December 2025 from 3.30 pm to 4:15pm at KINTEX, with Jun Fukushima, the voice of Tsav, confirmed to appear.
About Sentenced To Be A Hero
“Hero” is the worst punishment in the world. For those convicted of heinous crimes, they are sentenced to become a “Hero” and forced to enter the mandatory military service in the war against the Demon Lords. These convicts are not even allowed to die—if killed, they will be resurrected to fight another day.
Hero Xylo Forbartz, former head of the Order of the Holy Knights, leads a penal unit of deplorables fighting on the front lines. It’s in these direst of circumstances that he meets Teoritta, one of the world’s the strongest weapons.
“When every last enemy has been defeated, you are to shower me with praise and pat my head.”
In order to survive and to take revenge on those who wronged him, he makes a pact with the goddess and launches headfirst into a maelstrom of war and intrigue.
