Anime · BS11
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yusuke Kobayashi
Kazuya Souma (voice)
26 eps
Inori Minase
Liscia Elfrieden (voice)
26 eps
Ikumi Hasegawa
Aisha Udgard (voice)
26 eps
Reina Ueda
Juna Doma (voice)
26 eps
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Hakuya Kwonmin (voice)
26 eps
Moe Kahara
Tomoe Inui (voice)
26 eps
Masaaki Mizunaka
Poncho Panacotta (voice)
26 eps
Ikuji Nose
Grandfather (voice)
1 eps
Rina Honnizumi
Woman (voice)
1 eps
Kenta Sasa
Urup (voice)
1 eps
Taito Ban
Robthor Udgard (voice)
2 eps
Hiroki Maeda
Priest Chief (voice)
3 eps
Yukiya Matsui
Kingun Soldier (voice)
1 eps
Yu Miyazaki
Kingun Soldier (voice)
1 eps
Chiaki Kobayashi
Sur (voice)
1 eps
Shoya Chiba
Dece (voice)
3 eps
Iori Saeki
Julia (voice)
2 eps
Yuta Aoki
Febral (voice)
3 eps
Kazumasa Nakamura
Noble (voice)
1 eps
Shoya Ishige
Augus (voice)
1 eps
Taiten Kusunoki
Georg Carmine (voice)
5 eps
Yutaka Aoyama
Marx (voice)
6 eps
Junichi Yanagita
Tolman (voice)
3 eps
Akinori Egoshi
Wodan Udgard (voice)
4 eps
Marika Kouno
Kaede Foxia (voice)
6 eps
Taku Yashiro
Halbert Magna (voice)
5 eps
Kanehira Yamamoto
Glaive Magna (voice)
4 eps
Tetsu Inada
Gaius Amidonia (voice)
4 eps
Ryota Takeuchi
Beowulf (voice)
2 eps
Mariko Higashiuchi
Margarita Wonder (voice)
1 eps
Jun Fukuyama
Castor Vargas (voice)
5 eps
Mugihito
Albert Elfrieden (voice)
3 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Elisha Elfrieden (voice)
3 eps
Ryo Sugisaki
Aristocrat (voice)
2 eps
Taisuke Nakano
Sebastian Silverdeer (voice)
6 eps
Miho Okasaki
Pamille Carol (voice)
1 eps
Haruki Ishiya
Biltry Saracen (voice)
1 eps
Ayaka Nanase
Chris Tachyon (voice)
2 eps
Yoshihito Sasaki
Aristocrat (voice)
2 eps
Makoto Furukawa
Ludwin Arcs (voice)
10 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king. Unlike the royalty before him, he won’t be using swords and magic to rule; will administrative reform really get this kingdom back on track?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E11 · Signature episode
Sacrifice the Plum Tree to Preserve the Peach Tree
Souma and his entourage confront Vargas in his castle before hurrying off to Randel to regroup with the Forbidden Army. A stunning truth about Georg is revealed by Glaive, leading to a dramatic turn of events with Gaius and his forces at Altomura.
S01E22 · Signature episode
Those Without Wisdom Are Fools
An unusual Friedonian slave trader named Ginger Camus gave his slaves clean clothes and enough to eat, as well as providing them with an education, little knowing that this would eventually end up rocking the kingdom.
S01E26 · Signature episode
Ahead, I See No Ancestors; Behind, I Find No Followers
On New Year's Eve, Souma is summoned by his predecessor, King Albert, to talk with his wife, Elisha. The amazing truth told by Albert's mouth. And what's up in Souma's chest when he knows "everything"...
S01E16 · Signature episode
Tyranny Is More Terrible than Tigers
Van is returned to Julius as a result of the mediation of the Grand Chaos Empire, in exchange for a great deal of reparation costs. Souma returns to the Kingdom of Elfrieden, where many other problems yet remain.
S01E24 · Signature episode
Away from My Hometown for So Many Years
Souma and the others visit the refugees, where they help an expectant mother with a difficult delivery. The newborn life provides hope and a foundation for the future to the refugees, but not all of them accept the future Souma presents them.
S01E25
Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself, and Your Union Shall Not Be Endangered
One evening, Excel whispers to the fiancées Liscia, Aisha, Juna, and Roroa that she will teach them how to please their man, and suddenly commences a "Fiancées' Bridal Course". The secrets of Souma and his fiancées are about to come to light.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E26 · Signature episode
Ahead, I See No Ancestors; Behind, I Find No Followers
S01E25
Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself, and Your Union Shall Not Be Endangered
S01E24 · Signature episode
Away from My Hometown for So Many Years
S01E23
Gargling and Hand Washing Are the Basis of Disease Prevention
S01E22 · Signature episode
Those Without Wisdom Are Fools
S01E21
Using Shrimp as Bait to Catch Sea Bream, but Instead Catching a Shark
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yukio KikukawaProducer
- Shohei YoshidaProducer
- Atsushi IwasakiExecutive Producer
Direction
- Yuki KanezawaDirector
Music
- Akiyuki TateyamaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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