The first character PV trailer has been revealed for the upcoming anime television adaptation of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman: My Hotshot Disciples Are All Grown Up Now, and They Won't Leave Me Alone, starring featuring main character Beryl Gardinant. The anime will begin airing in April 2025.
The trailer also confirms voice actor Hiroaki Hirata will voice Beryl Gardinant.
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Akio Kazumi (Fist of the Blue Sky Re: Genesis) will direct the series with Kunihiko Okada (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy) as series writer, and Satsuki Hayasaka (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy co-designed the characters) as character designer and animation director. Passione and Hayabusa Film are jointly handling the animation production.
The light novel series is written by Shigeru Sagazaki and illustrated by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, and was first published by Square Enix's SQUEX Novel imprint on April 7, 2021. Eight volumes have been released as of August 2024. was first released in August 2024. originally started as a web novel Shosetsuka ni Naro on November 17, 2020.
The series was also adapted into a manga by Kazuki Sato on August 24, 2021. Yen Press released the manga in English for North America.
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J-Novel Club released the novel From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman in English and describes the main story as follows:
Beryl Gardinant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a swordsmanship instructor at his dojo in a remote, rural village. When he was young, he dreamed of becoming a master swordsman, but those days were long behind him. Unexpectedly, he is visited by a famous former student who brings him world-shattering news—he has been appointed as a special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order!
With her life turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of her former students: elite knights, a brilliant wizard, and even an adventurer who has achieved guild rank. highest possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he was concerned, they clearly didn't need him anymore. Can Beryl handle her new position? And can he have a moment of peace away from his beloved students?
Source: From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Official Anime Twitter
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