The Legendary Hero Is Dead!

The Legendary Hero Is Dead!
Original Title	勇者が死んだ! 村人の俺が掘った落とし穴に勇者が落ちた結果。 (Yūsha ga Shinda! Murabito no Ore ga Hotta Otoshiana ni Yūsha ga Ochita Kekka.)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Crunchyroll
Voice Director 1	Shawn Gann
Voice Director 2	Marcus D. Stimac
Voice Director 3	Michael Stimac
Voice Director 4	Sara Ragsdale
Translation & Adaptation	Clayton Browning
ADR Production
Recorded	2023
Dub Country	United States
Dub Country 2	United Kingdom
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	12
Year	2023

The Legendary Hero is Dead! is a 2023 anime series based on the manga series with the same name written and illustrated by Subaruichi. It was serialized and published in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday and MangaONE magazine's from December 16, 2014 to December 14, 2020, with a total of 20 volumes.

The anime series was announced on April 28, 2022, it was animated by Liden Films, directed by Rion Kujo, and it originally aired in Japan from April 7, 2023 to June 23, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes. Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on April 20, 2023.

Synopsis Far to the north of the world lies Hell's Gate, a portal formerly used by the Demon Lord to invade the human realm. Thanks to the legendary hero Shion Bladearts, wielder of Excalibur, and his loyal band of companions, the Gate was sealed off and the demonic threat was vanquished. Unfortunately, the seal was incomplete and has begun to weaken, allowing the demons to once again begin their attack. Worried about the safety of his village, selfish and perverted farmer Touka Scott digs pitfalls to defend against the demons. But fear not, for Shion is on his way to reseal Hell's Gate and save humanity! Or at least he was, because the legendary hero is dead, having fallen into one of the pitfalls Touka dug. Luckily, dealing with the dead is the specialty of necromancer Anri Haynesworth. While she can't revive him, Anri can at least salvage their quest by forcing Touka's soul into Shion's rotting body and dragging him along to Hell's Gate in Shion's place. Not wanting to be left behind, Touka's childhood friend Yuna Yunis tags along. Together, the three of them set out as what just might be the most unsuitable party to ever try to save the world!

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Touka Scott	Wataru Katō	Ricco Fajardo
		Shunichi Toki
		Azusa Tachibana (young)
	Sion Bladan	Shunichi Toki	Justin Briner
	Anri Haysworth	Ayana Taketatsu	Michelle Rojas
	Yuna Yunis	Hibiku Yamamura	Alexis Tipton
	Marguerite Farom	Yurika Kubo	Dani Chambers
	Ethel Borgnine	Sayaka Ohara	Caitlin Glass
Former Hero Party
	Sion Bladan	Shunichi Toki	Justin Briner
	Kyle Osment	Yūichi Nakamura	Bradley Gareth
	Dorothy Eleonara	Hina Suguta	Marianne Bray
Royal Capital Lumen
	Larcvalt XIII	Taiten Kusunoki	Ray Hurd
	Isaac Gardner	Takashi Aoki	Landon McDonald
	Siruela Carmen	Ai Kineta	Kenneisha Thompson
	Leland Tallman	Chikahiro Kobayashi	Reagan Murdock
	Colin Brad	Haruki Chigusa	Brittany Lauda
	Neigan Bourne	Akihiro Tajima	Zac Loera
	Rosale Charis	Masaomi Yamahashi	Ben Phillips
	Dominique Rean	Iori Saeki	¿?
Necromancer's
	Friedrich Norstein	Kenshō Ono	Ben Stegmair
	Diego Valentine	Shintarō Asanuma	Ian Sinclair
Demon's
	Neff	Michitake Kikuchi	Matthew David Rudd
Other Characters
	Belarco	Wataru Hatano	Christopher Wehkamp
	Dott Burns	Yōhei Tadano	Jim Foronda
	Milly Yunis	Sakura Shinfuku	Hayden Daviau
		Maki Hanagiri (young)
	Fieri Yunis (Yuna and Milly's Father)	Hiroki Tōchi	Eric Vale
	Shannon Petralca	Asaki Yuikawa	¿?
	Ledo Breydan (Sion's Grandfather)	Tatsumi Ishihara	¿?

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
	Feudal Lord	Binbin Takaoka	James Larabee	1
	Shopkeeper	Volcano Ōta	Eduardo Vildasol	1-2
	Adele	Hiroko Kiso	Kimmie Britt	6-7, 10
	Touka's Father	Takaki Ōtomari	¿?	9
	Touka's Mother	En Yoneda	¿?
	Reven Knives	Shūki Satō	¿?	10

Additional Voices

Hannah Alyea Philip Annarella Jacob Eiseman Monica Flatley Douglas Gill Kelly Greenshield Rochelle Grimsmo Nicholas Markgraf - Male Citizen 6G / Male Citizen 6K (ep. 6), Devil 11B (ep. 11) Ryan Negron Veronica Laux Spencer Liles Branden Loera

Chris Long Erin Nicole Lundquist William Ofoegbu Davon Oliver Grant Paulsen Corey Pettit Josh Putnam Izzi Raine Ben Stegmair Ciarán Strange Kiba Walker Katie Wetch

Multimedia

Cast Reveal

Notes

• This is Erin Nicole Lundquist's first role for Crunchyroll.

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date	Category	Format	Content	Country
	April 20, 2023	Anime	Digital	12 eps.	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
	2024		Episodes 1-12	A DVB-T	United States
			2 Discs

External Links

• The Legendary Hero is Dead! at the Internet Movie Database.
• The Legendary Hero is Dead! (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.