A teaser visual and first trailer have been revealed for the upcoming second season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman. Season two is scheduled to begin broadcasting in Japan in July 2026.
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Akio Kazumi (Fist of the Blue Sky Re: Genesis) is once again directing the second season, returning alongside Kunihiko Okada (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy) as series composer, and Satsuki Hayasaka (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy co-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director. YAMATOWORKS is credited with the 3D production on the series. Passione and Hayabusa Film are in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars:
- • Hiroaki Hirata as Beryl Gardinant
- • Nao Toyama as Allusia
- • Hitomi Ueda as Selna Lysandra
- • Yuki Hirose as Curuni Crueciel
- • Hinaki Yano as Ficelle Harbeller
- • Chiwa Saito as Lucy Diamond
- • Kaito Ishikawa as Henblitz
The first season of the anime premiered on April 6, 2025 and aired for a total of 12 episodes.
The fantasy light novel series is written by Shigeru Sagazaki and illustrated by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima. It was first published by Square Enix’s SQUEX Novel label on April 7, 2021, with 10 volumes having been released in Japan as of December 2025. The series began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel on November 17, 2020. J-Novel Club licensed the light novels for English digital release.
A manga adaptation by Kazuki Sato was launched in Akita Shoten’s web magazine Dokodemo Young Champion on August 24, 2021. Eight tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of December 2025. Yen Press releases the manga in English for North America. WEBTOON released its own version of the manga last May.
Two manga spinoff series have also been released in November 2024 and February 2025.
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Amazon Prime Video is exclusively streaming the first season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman worldwide. It describes the series as:
Beryl Gardenant, a middle-aged swordsman running a dojo in the backwaters, lives a quiet life, until Allucia, former student and Commander of the Royal Order of Knights, appears! Beryl’s life is about to change dramatically! City life. Old students. New friends and formidable foes. It’s all too much. But after years of training, he has mad skills, and he’s been dubbed “the backwater swordmaster.”
Sources: From Old Country Bumpkin Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network
