Warner Bros. Japan has revealed a new promotional video for the Blade & Bastard (ブレイド＆バスタード ) fantasy anime, and it has confirmed the names of the main cast members. The anime will star Fukukawa Makoto as Iarumas, Kusunoki Tomori as Garbage, Yamashita Daiki as Raraja, Hayami Saori as Ainikki, and Wakayama Shion as Berkanan.
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The anime is based on the Blade & Bastard: Hai wa Atatakaku, Meikyuu wa Honogurai (BLADE & BASTARD: Warm Ash, Dusky Dungeon/ ブレイド＆バスタード -灰は暖かく、迷宮は仄暗い-) light novel series, written by Kagyu Kumo and illustrated by so-bin.
Kagyu (Goblin Slayer, Goblin Slayer Gaiden 2: Tsubanari no Daikatana, Goblin Slayer Gaiden: Year One) and so-bin (Overlord, Yakitori) started the novel series in December 2022, and Drecom published the fifth novel on June 10th, 2025.
Fegetsu Makoto (Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Dai-Ni-Shou: Yashiki no Ishūkan-hen) adapted the novel series into a manga on Drecom’s website in June 2023. Drecom published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in October 2023, and the sixth volume on June 20th, 2025.
J-Novel Club publishes the novels in English under the name BLADE & BASTARD, and it released the fourth novel in July 2024. Yen Press releases manga volumes in English, and it will release the third volume on November 25th, 2025.
J-Novel Club describes the novel’s story below:
“Deep in the unexplored reaches of the dungeon, a corpse is discovered—one that shouldn’t exist. After Iarumas is resurrected, his memories of life before death are gone, and he spends his days delving into the dungeon to retrieve the bodies of dead adventurers. Can they be revived as well? Or will God reduce them to piles of ash on the altar? Either way, Iarumas collects his finder’s fee. And though his skills earn him some grudging respect, he’s also scorned for this cold, utilitarian attitude. The living keep their distance—Iarumas consorts primarily with the dead. That is, until he meets Garbage, a feral young swordswoman who’s the sole survivor of a massacred party. With Garbage by his side, Iarumas ventures deeper, scouring the dungeon for clues to his past, avoiding monsters, traps, and the inevitability of a permanent ashen demise.”
