The Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills? anime has received a teaser visual of protagonist Arel. It was also announced Kensho Ono is voicing Arel, and that the show will begin airing this year.
Additionally, it was revealed that the staff includes:
• Director: Kaoru Yabana (The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human Episodes 2, 7, 8, and 11)
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Chabo Higurashi (AMAZING STRANGER Series composer and co-scriptwriter)
• Animation production: studio A-CAT
Hero Without a Class is based on the light novel series written by Shichio Kuzu and illustrated by Yumehito Ueda. One Peace Books describes the manga adaptation by Akio Nanae as:
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 story started as a Shousetsuka ni Narou light novel in 2017. The first volume of the light novels, which are published under the Earth Star Novel label, came out in 2018. There are four volumes as of 2019.
Source: Press release (via Comic Natalie)
