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The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, April 2025 Debut in Video

Shochiku announced on Friday that the television anime adaptation of author Sakaku Hishikawa and illustrator Daburyu's The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows (Isshun de Chiryō Shiteita no ni Yakutatazu to Tsuihō Sareta Tensai Chiyushi, Yami Healer to Shite Tanoshiku Ikiru) light novel series will debut in April 2025. Shochiku also revealed a teaser visual, teaser video, and the show's main cast and staff.

Joe Yoshizaki (Chiikawa, Kiyoneko) is directing the anime at Makaria Inc. Taika Miyagi is the scriptwriter, and denpuougi and Yoshihiro Sawada are the character designers. Hiroshi Gouroku is the art director, and Harumi Fuuki is composing the music. Moe Kawada is the color designer, Kōhei Tanada is the director of photography, and Hiroto Morishita is the sound director.

The anime will star

J-Novel Club is releasing the novel series and Ten Jūnoichi's manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

Life hasn't been kind to Zenos. He was born in the slums, and his dirt-poor background has denied him almost every opportunity. After an encounter with a healer, he throws himself into studying to become one and finally catches a break when an adventurer invites Zenos into his party. Zenos is thrilled—so thrilled, in fact, that he's willing to put up with his teammates treating him like garbage. They fail to appreciate his talents and ultimately kick him to the curb, claiming he's outlived his usefulness to them.

Now bereft of money and out of options, Zenos decides to put his self-taught skills to use elsewhere and opens an underground clinic. Word quickly spreads about the brilliant healer working incredible magic in the city's shadowy underbelly. Even the royal palace is taking notice...

Can Zenos buck the odds and carve out a life for himself in a world that's done nothing but spit in his face? And can he save the lives of the patients who wind up on his doorstep in the process?

Hishikawa began the story on the Shōsetsu ni Narō website, and the GA Bunko imprint publishes the novels in print in Japan. SB Creative Corp. will publish the seventh novel volume on November 15. SB Creative Corp. will also publish the manga's fourth volume on November 15. The story also has a webtoon adaptation from GA Comic that launched this summer.

Source: Press release