From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Premieres in 2026

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©佐賀崎しげる・鍋島テツヒロ/SQUARE ENIX・「片田舎のおっさん、剣聖になる」製作委員会

A second season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman will begin airing in 2026.

The first season premiered on April 6, 2025. 

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman adapts the SQUEX Novel light novel series written by Shigeru Sagazaki and illustrated by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, which began in 2021 and has nine volumes as of March 2025. J-Novel Club, which publishes the light novels’ official English translation with the subtitle My Hotshot Disciples Are All Grown Up Now, and They Won’t Leave Me Alone, describes the premise 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?!

The story started as a Shousetsuka ni Narou web novel in 2020. There is an Akita Shoten-published manga by Kazuki Sato


Staff (Season 1)

• Director: Akio Kazumi (Fist of the Blue Sky Re: Genesis)
• Series composer: Kunihiko Okada (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Satsuki Hayasaka (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy co-character designer)
• 3D production: YAMATOWORKS 
• Animation production: Passione and Hayabusa Film 

Cast

• 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

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