Anime · Tokyo MX
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yohei Azakami
Xylo Forbartz (voice)
12 eps
Mayu Iizuka
Teoritta (voice)
12 eps
Shizuka Ishigami
Patouche Kivia (voice)
12 eps
Shun Horie
Dotta Luzlas (voice)
12 eps
Shunichi Toki
Venetim Leopold (voice)
12 eps
Yoji Ueda
Norgayu Senridge (voice)
12 eps
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Tatsuya (voice)
12 eps
Jun Fukushima
Tsav (voice)
12 eps
Shoya Chiba
Jace Pertilact (voice)
12 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Neely (voice)
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sentenced to Be a Hero actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sentenced to Be a Hero reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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 often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In a world where heroism is a punishment, Xylo Forbartz, a condemned goddess killer, battles endless hordes of monstrous abominations as part of Penal Hero Unit 9004. Death is no escape, only a cycle of resurrection and relentless combat. But when Xylo encounters a mysterious new goddess, their unlikely alliance sparks a rebellion that could shatter the chains of eternal punishment.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Sentence: Support Retreat from Couveunge Forest
Penal hero Xylo gets an unwelcome helper during an assignment to supporting the main army's retreat.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Takashima, Taisuke Tsukuda
- Written by Kenta Ihara
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Sentence: Aid In Evacuation of Ioff Cheg Port 3
S01E11
Sentence: Aid In Evacuation of Ioff Cheg Port 2
S01E10
Sentence: Aid In Evacuation of Ioff Cheg Port 1
S01E09
Sentence: Undercover Investigation in District of Sodrick 2
S01E08
Sentence: Undercover Investigation in District of Sodrick 1
S01E07
Sentence: Feigned Day Off at Port City Ioff
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
- Ayumu HoshinoExecutive Producer
- Ra Jong-yeopProducer
- Shuzo KasaharaExecutive Producer
- Yuichiro KuboExecutive Producer
- Koichi SanoProducer
- Yukiko KomaiExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kenta IharaWriter
Direction
- Hiroyuki TakashimaDirector
- Jun NakajimaDirector
- Taisuke TsukudaDirector
- Ouri YasukawaDirector
Cinematography
- Yoshihiro SekiyaDirector of Photography
Music
- Shunsuke TakizawaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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