The main cast and staff members have also been announced.
Shikiso Utsuzawa’s fantasy web novel series “Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For!” is getting an anime adaptation in 2027! The new accounts for the anime have released a visual, and also announced the main cast and staff members.
Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For!
Premiere window: 2027
Animation studio: Tsumugi Akita Animation Lab
Streaming platform: TBA
What do we know about the Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! anime so far?
The two main cast members of the anime are:
- Masumi Tazawa as Eliane
- Taku Yashiro as Nigel
Tsukasa Sakurai is directing the Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! anime at his studio, Tsumugi Akita Animation Lab. Naoki Tozuka is writing the scripts while Narū Nishikori is designing the characters.
The original web novel’s light novel illustrator Pukyunosuke and the manga adaptation’s illustrator Mokuba Matsu have both drawn celebratory illustrations for the anime.
Pukyunosuke’s illustration:
Matsu’s illustration:
The original web novel author Shikiso Utsuzawa’s comment states (machine translated):
I am so happy that ‘The True Saint’ is being made into an anime! This is all thanks to the readers who have supported us so far, Pukyunosuke-sensei who drew the illustrations for the original novel, Matsu Mokuba-sensei who is in charge of the comic adaptation, and everyone else who has been involved! I am already confident that it will be the best anime thanks to the amazing staff! I hope you all look forward to its completion!
What is Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! about?
Shikiso Utsuzawa began publishing the web novel series in the Shōsetsuka ni Narō platform in June 2020. Kodansha began publishing it as a light novel series in February 2021 with illustrations by Pukyunosuke. Mokuba Matsu’s manga adaptation of the series began in April 2021.
Kodansha publishes the manga in English and describes the story as:
Ever since she was a child, Eliane has been the saint and protector of the Kingdom of Belkheim, warding off monsters and ensuring bountiful harvests with her prayers. But when a pretender saint beguiles the foolish prince—to whom she is engaged—into believing she is nothing but a fraud, he calls off the marriage and banishes her from the kingdom. Homeless and penniless but free to chart her own course for the first time in her life, Eliane decides to make for the neighboring kingdom, where she hopes to blend in as a commoner and lead a quiet life…but a chance encounter on the road will totally upend her modest plans.