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Season 1 – Sentenced to Be a Hero

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Criminals are sentenced to immortality to battle against an army of demons, until Xylo Forbartz makes a pact with a goddess to end the cycle.

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Sentenced to Be a Hero — Season 1

Sentenced to Be a Hero — Season 1

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Yōhei Azakami

Xylo Forbartz

Mayu Iizuka

Teoritta

Shizuka Ishigami

Patausche Kivia

Shun Horie

Dotta Luzulas

Shunichi Toki

Venetim Leopool

Yōji Ueda

Norgalle Senridge

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Episode 1 Aired Jan 3, 2026 Sentence: Support Retreat From Couveunge Forest Xylo Forbartz and Dotta Luzulas are tasked with helping Holy Knights flee a Demonic Blight. They discover that a goddess named Teoritta has been living inside a coffin that the knights gave them. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 15, 2026 Sentence: Spearhead the Recapture of the Zewan Gan Tunnels 1 Criminals are sentenced to immortality to battle against an army of demons, until Xylo Forbartz makes a pact with a goddess to end the cycle. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 22, 2026 Sentence: Spearhead the Recapture of the Zewan Gan Tunnels 2 Criminals are sentenced to immortality to battle against an army of demons, until Xylo Forbartz makes a pact with a goddess to end the cycle. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 29, 2026 Standby Order: Mureed Fortress Criminals are sentenced to immortality to battle against an army of demons, until Xylo Forbartz makes a pact with a goddess to end the cycle. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 5, 2026 Sentence: Defense Against Corruption at Mureed Fortress 1 Xylo, Kivia, Dotta and Tsav prepare to fight Iblis. At the fortress, Xylo runs into Hord Clivios, Captain of the 9th Order, and his goddess Pelmerry. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 12, 2026 Sentence: Defense Against Corruption at Mureed Fortress 2 Criminals are sentenced to immortality to battle against an army of demons, until Xylo Forbartz makes a pact with a goddess to end the cycle. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 19, 2026 Sentence: Feigned Day off at Port City Ioff Xylo and Teoritta are temporarily assigned to Patausche's unit and tasked with identifying heretics who deny the new goddess. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 26, 2026 Sentence: Undercover Investigation in District of Sodrick 1 Kivia is assigned to investigate and kidnap Lideo, the local guild's guildmaster who is suspected of betraying the Holy Knights. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 5, 2026 Sentence: Undercover Investigation in District of Sodrick 2 Teoritta and the others meet up with Xylo to help him slay the faerie; Boojum commands Iron Whale to get rid of any connection he has to Lideo. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 12, 2026 Sentence: Aid in Evacuation of Ioff Cheg Port 1 Kivia collects evidence at the guild hall; Venetim seeks freedom for imprisoned hero Rhyno; Xylo and Teoritta visit the temple to meet Kivia's uncle, High Priest Marlen. Details Episode 11 Aired Mar 19, 2026 Sentence: Aid in Evacuation of Ioff Cheg Port 2 Xylo and his team arrive to rescue refugees. Jayce joins them, but he is targeted by artillery and unable to provide adequate support. Details Episode 12 Aired Mar 26, 2026 Sentence: Aid In Evacuation of Ioff Cheg Port 3 Criminals are sentenced to immortality to battle against an army of demons, until Xylo Forbartz makes a pact with a goddess to end the cycle. Details
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Season Info

Director
Hiroyuki Takashima
Screenwriter
Kenta Ihara
Network
Crunchyroll
Genre
Fantasy, Anime
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date
Jan 3, 2026