Character designer, manga artist drew illustrations in celebration
The staff for Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None, the television anime of storywriter Itsuki Togami and illustrator Yuri Kisaragi’s Yūsha Party o Oidasareta Kiyō Binbō (The Jack of All Trades Was Kicked Out of the Hero’s Party) light novel series, announced on Sunday the anime will get a second season.
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Character designer Yuri Kisaragi and manga adaptation artist Yonezou drew illustrations celebrating the announcement.
Yuri Kisaragi’s illustrationImage courtesy of Bandai Namco Entertainment
© 都神樹・講談社／勇者パーティを追い出された製作委員会
Yonezou’s illustrationImage courtesy of Bandai Namco Entertainment
© 都神樹・講談社／勇者パーティを追い出された製作委員会
The first season of the anime debuted on the d Anime Store and ABEMA streaming services on January 1 at 12:00 a.m. JST, before it aired on the Tokyo MX channel on January 4 at 10:30 p.m. JST. The anime then aired on BS NTV, Yomiuri TV, and AT-X channels. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime under the English title Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None and also released an English dub. The season ended in its 12th episode on Sunday.
Hiroyuki Kanbe (Oreimo, Viper’s Creed) directed the anime at “animation studio42.” Masashi Suzuki (Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King, Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox) oversaw the series scripts and Naoto Nakamura (Date A Live IV, Date A Live V, Date A Bullet) designed the characters. Tsubasa Handa (Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!) composed the music. hololive VTuber Tokoyami Towa performs the opening theme song “Sylve.” Nowlu performs the ending theme song “sukuu.”
The fantasy story centers on Orn, a swordsman who changed to a mage class for the sake of the “Hero’s Party” that he belonged to. He even developed a unique style of magic to support the party. But Oliver, Orn’s childhood friend and the leader of the party, kicked Orn out of the party due to a lack of ability. His party members mocked him for being a “jack of all trades but master of none” and the party already found his successor. Disappointed, he parts ways with the party and begins solo activities as an explorer. Orn’s fate changes dramatically with new encounters, and in order to protect those who have become important to him, he aims to take his “jack of all trades” skills to become the “ultimate all-rounder.”
Togami launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in February 2021, and the story is ongoing. Kodansha publishes the novels in print and released the ninth volume on October 31.
Yonezou launched the manga on Kodansha’s Suiyōbi no Sirius website in October 2021. Kodansha published the manga’s 18th compiled book volume on March 9. Kodansha’s K MANGA service is releasing the manga in English.
The franchise has more than 5.2 million copies in circulation.
Source: Press release
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