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'I'm Quitting Heroing' Anime's 2nd Video Unveils More Cast & Staff, Ending Song, April 5 Debut

The official website of the television anime of Quantum and Hana Amano's I'm Quitting Heroing: Next Gig Is at the Demon Queen's Castle (Yūsha, Yamemasu: Tsugi no Shokuba wa Maōjō) fantasy light novel series began streaming a promotional video for the anime on Friday. The video reveals and previews the anime's ending theme song, reveals more cast and staff, and reveals the anime's April 5 premiere date.

Nao Tōyama will perform the ending theme song "Growing," which can be heard in the video above.

The anime will premiere on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, and MBS on April 5, starting with AT-X at 10:30 p.m.

The new cast members include Minori Suzuki as Dianette and Misato Matsuoka as Jerietta (Note: Character name romanizations are not official.).

The new staff members include:

• Prop Design: Tomomi Sugiyama
• Art Director: Toshiyuki Tokuda
• Art Setting: Hiroshi Izumi
• Color Key Artist: Sakie Suzuki
• Compositing Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema, Rumi Ishiguro
• Editing: Motoko Niimi
• Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita
• Music: Kōhei Munemoto
• Music Production: Flying Dog

Previous cast members include:

• Kenshō Ono as Leo Demonheart
• Kaede Hondo as Echidna
• Shizuka Itou as Steiner
• Hitomi Ohwada as Lily
• Yumi Uchiyama as Mernes
• Tetsu Inada as Edvard

The story centers on Leo, a hero who once saved the world from a demon army's invasion. However, he was feared and ostracized by people afterward, and ended up with no job. Feeling that his skills would be better appreciated elsewhere, he joins the demon lord's army that he once fought. Now in a new work environment, Leo strives to use his skills and revive the demon army that is on the brink of collapse.

Yuu Nobuta (High School Fleet, Maesetsu! Opening Act, The Faraway Paladin) is credited as chief director, while Hisashi Ishii (Rainy Cocoa side G, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear) is directing the series at EMT Squared. Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga, to the abandoned Sacred Beasts, The Gymnastics Samurai) is in charge of the series scripts. Yūki Nakano (A Destructive God Sits Next to Me, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear) is designing the characters.

Kuontamu published the story on the Kakuyomu story website in 2017. Kadokawa is publishing the story in print with illustrations by Amano, and it released the third volume in October 2018.

Nori Kazato launched a manga adaptation of the novels on Kadokawa's Young Ace Up web manga site in May 2018. Kadokawa published the manga's fifth volume in May 2021.

Update: Missing sentence fragment from story synopsis added. Thanks, VelvetPierrot

Sources: I'm Quitting Heroing's website