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The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic TV Anime's 3rd Promo Video Previews Battle With Demon Lord's Army
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The staff of The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, the television anime of Kurokata's Chiyu Mahō no Machigatta Tsukai-kata: Senjō o Kakeru Kaifuku Yōin (The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic: Recovery Team Running Through the Battlefield) fantasy light novel series, revealed the show's third promotional video on Saturday. The video previews the story as it progresses toward the battle with the Demon Lord's army.
The anime debuted on January 5. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs, and is also streaming an English dub.
Takahide Ogata (Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala♪ Star Tanjō, Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori) is directing the anime at Studio Add and Shinei Animation. Shogo Yasukawa (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Quality Assurance in Another World) is in charge of series scripts, and Kenji Tanabe (BLUELOCK) is designing the characters. Elements Garden (Hitoshi Fujima, Seima Kondō) are composing the music. waterweed performs the opening theme song "Cure" and ChouCho performs the ending theme song "Green Jade."
The "slapstick isekai fantasy with gags and battles" begins when ordinary high school student Usato happens to bump into student council president Suzune and classmate Kazuki on his way home. All three are suddenly swallowed up by a magic circle and transported to another world.
The trio are summoned as heroes to save a kingdom from a demon king's army — but, only Suzune and Kazuki have what it takes to be heroes. Usato just happened to be dragged along for the ride.
However, things turn around when Usato is discovered to have the rare knowledge of a healing mage. He is abducted by a woman who identifies herself as Rose, the leader of the life-saving corps, and drafted into her ranks.
Kurokata launched the light novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in March 2014. MF Books imprint published the first volume of the novel with illustrations by KeG in March 2016, and the 12th and final volume in March 2020. Reki Kyūgazan is adapting the story into a manga, and Kadokawa is publishing the volumes in print.
Source: Press release
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