A new teaser visual and character trailer have been unveiled for the upcoming Scum of the Brave TV anime series, which confirmed the casting of Ryota Suzuki as “Shinigami” Yashiro. The anime will premiere in Japan in January 2026.
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Shinji Ushiro (Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack) is directing the anime series, with Yoichi Kato as series screenwriter and scriptwriter and Rika Murakami as character designer. OLM is in charge of the animation production.
The original light novel series is written by Rocket Shokai and illustrated by Yuya Kusaka, which was released under the KADOKAWA Books label on December 24, 2016. A new version with revisions and illustrations from toi8 was announced, along with the anime adaptation, this year.
The series originally began as a Kakuyomu web novel in 2016. The light novel has also inspired a manga adaptation by Nakashima723, which is published digitally in English on Manga Planet.
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The manga adaptation of Scum of the Brave is described by Manga Planet as:
In an alternate 21st century, rich mafia members can turn into “Demon Kings” through increasingly popular ether-enhancement surgery, and the bounty hunters called “Braves” are the ones called upon to take them down. Yashiro only wants the simple pleasures in life – pizza, beer, and card games. When three young Braves offer him a majestic sum to be their private tutor, he agrees solely for the money – but is it worth what he’s getting himself into?
Sources: Scum of the Brave Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network
