The adaptation is set to premiere in Spring 2026.
The light novel series Saikyou no Shokugyou wa Yuusha demo Kenja demo Naku Kanteishi (Kari) Rashii desu yo? (The Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage, but an Appraiser (Provisional)!) by Atekichi is getting a television anime adaptation, set for a Spring 2026 premiere!
The anime is broadcasting sometime in April 2026, although an exact date is yet to be confirmed. Additionally, the cast, staff, teaser visual, and announcement promotional video has been unveiled.
The teaser visual:
The announcement promotional video:
“The Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage, but an Appraiser (Provisional)!” cast, staff, and other information
The cast includes:
- Hisako Kanemoto as Hibiki Manabe
- Shizuka Itou as Emalia Steinbart
- Kenta Miyake as Claude
- Lamalfa Michelle Tateyama as Lilian
- Yukina Shutou as Vene
Makoto Hoshino is helming the series as director at Studio Flad, the rest of the staff also includes:
- Series composition: Megumi Shimizu
- Character design: Mihoko Ookawa
The anime adapts the popular light novel series by Atekichi, which began publication through the AlphaPolis website in 2016. AlphaPolis published the first volume with illustrations by Shigaraki in 2017, and is currently still on-going with 8 volumes.
A manga adaptation by Atsushi Takeda was later on serialised by AlphaPolis, and currently has four tankobon volumes as of March 2025.
NBC Universal describes the story as:
One day, Hibiki Manabe, an ordinary high school boy, is suddenly transported to a vast grassland in another world where monsters lurk. Wandering aimlessly through this fantasy world he's never seen before, Hibiki suddenly realizes he has been given the skill of "Appraisal" and the occupation "Appraiser (provisional title)"... (Temporary)...!?
And so, with the guidance of Emalia, a blonde elf he met in the grasslands, Hibiki becomes an adventurer. Together with Claude, a cursed beastman, Lillian, a sage from the future, and Vene, a sacred white cat beast, he gradually grows stronger as he searches for a way to return to his original world.
Will he be able to return safely? And will the day come when she truly becomes the strongest, as the title suggests!