The official website for the upcoming Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! TV anime adaptation announced two more cast members joining the series. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan sometime in 2025.
The two new cast members include Saori Hayami as Laina and Sumire Uesaka as Lilia. They join main cast member Kensho Ono, who is voicing the lead role Allele.
Kaoru Yabana (The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human Episodes 2, 7, 8, and 11) is directing the anime, with Chabo Higurashi (AMAZING STRANGER series screenwriter and co-scriptwriter) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter. Studio A-CAT is in charge of the animation production for the series.
The anime is based on the fantasy light novel series, written by Shichio Kuzu and illustrated by Yumehito Ueda. It began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro on November 15, 2017 and ended on May 15, 2020. Earth Star Entertainment then formally published the light novel series on July 14, 2018 under its Earth Star Novel label. Four volumes have been released as of June 2019. The light novel’s Japanese title is Mushoku no Eiyuu: Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan da ga.
A manga adaptation by Akio Nanae was launched in Comic Earth Star magazine on November 10, 2018. Nine tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2025.
One Peace Books licensed the manga adaptation for release in English, describing the main synopsis as:
In a world where everyone receives a Class and Skills at the age of ten, and where such revelations have a huge impact on one’s life, Arel, the son of Sword Princess Farah and Archmage Leon, learns that he has… no class at all!
With no class, and no skills, all that’s left for Arel is hard work. And so, he takes to training, utilizing wits and cunning to emerge as an all-new type of hero!
Source: Hero Without a Class Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Comic Natalie
