A fifth new character PV trailer has been released for the upcoming From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman TV anime series, which spotlights Ficelle Harbeller. The anime will premiere in Japan in April 2025.
The latest trailer also confirms that voice actress Hinaki Yano will be playing Ficelle Harbeller in the series. She joins a main voice cast that includes:
- • Hiroaki Hirata as Beryl Gardinant
- • Nao Toyama as Allusia
- • Hitomi Ueda as Selna Lysandra
- • Yuki Hirose as Curuni Crueciel
Akio Kazumi (Fist of the Blue Sky Re: Genesis) is directing the series, with Kunihiko Okada (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy) as series screenwriter, and Satsuki Hayasaka (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy co-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director. Passione and Hayabusa Film are in charge of 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 label on April 7, 2021. Eight volumes have been released as of August 2024. The series originally began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel on November 17, 2020.
The series has also inspired a manga adaptation by Kazuki Sato on August 24, 2021. Yen Press releases the manga series in English for North America.
J-Novel Club releases the From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman light novels in English, describing the synopsis as:
Beryl Gardinant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a sword instructor at his dojo in a rural, backwater village. In his younger years, he dreamed of glory as a master swordsman, but those days are long behind him. Out of the blue, he receives a visit from a famous former pupil who brings him world-shattering news—he’s been appointed as a special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order!
With his life now turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of his former students: elite knights, an ace wizard, and even an adventurer who’s attained the highest guild rank possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he’s concerned, they clearly don’t need him anymore. Can Beryl live up to his new position? And will he ever get a moment’s peace away from his adoring students?!
Source: From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Official Anime Twitter
