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Hero Without a Class TV Anime Previews Theme Songs in Main Promo Video

The official website for the television anime of author Shichio Kuzu and illustrator Yumehito Ueda's Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! (Mushoku no Eiyū: Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan da ga) novel series revealed the show's October 1 television debut in its main promotional video on Friday. The video also previews Kaya's opening theme song "Reincarnation" and Utahime Dream All Stars' ending theme song "Kiseki Nanka Iranai" (I Don't Want Something Like a Miracle).

The anime will debut on Tokyo MX on October 1 at 10:00 p.m., and then on BS Fuji on October 2 and AT-X on October 6. The anime will also stream on d Anime Store in Japan, although a debut date for streaming has not yet been announced.

HIDIVE will stream the series as it airs. HIDIVE screened the world premiere of the first episode at Anime NYC in August.

The anime stars:

• Kenshō Ono as Arel
• Saori Hayami as Laina
• Sumire Uesaka as Lilia
• Rumi Ōkubo as Kufa
• Mai Nakahara as Farah
• Shinya Takahashi as Leon
• Carin Isobe as Astea
• Yuka Iguchi as Mila

Kaoru Yabana (episode director for The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army was a Human, I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills) is directing the anime at Studio A-Cat. Chabo Higurashi (Memories Off 3.5, AMAZING STRANGER) is supervising and writing the series' scripts. Hiroto Morishita is the sound director, and Kent Asahina is composing the music.

One Peace Books is releasing the novels' manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

In a world where everyone receives a Class and Skills at the age of ten, and where such revelations have a huge impact on one's life, Arel, the son of Sword Princess Farah and Archmage Leon, learns that he has… no class at all!

With no class, and no skills, all that's left for Arel is hard work. And so, he takes to training, utilizing wits and cunning to emerge as an all-new type of hero!

The novel series debuted on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Be Novelists) website in November 2017. Earth Star Entertainment began publishing novels in July 2018. It released the fourth volume in June 2019.

Akio Nanae launched a manga adaptation in Comic Earth Star in November 2018. The manga's ninth compiled book volume shipped on March 12. One Peace Books began releasing the manga in October 2024.

Sources: Hero Without a Class anime's website, Comic Natalie