Three new voice cast members have been announced for the upcoming The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker TV anime series. The anime is set to premiere in Japan in July 2026.
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The latest voice cast members that have been cast for the anime include Kaede Hondo as Misaki, Kanon Takao as Madoka, and Yuka Aisaka as Melissa.
They join a previously announced voice cast that stars:
- • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Arihito
- • Aoi Koga as Theresia
- • Sakura Nakamura as Kyoka
- • Yui Ishikawa as Elitia
- • Saori Hayami as Suzuna
Yuji Yanase (Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra, For My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord) is directing the anime series, with Deko Akao (May I Ask for One Final Thing?) and Eriko Yanagimoto as main character designer. MAHO FILM is in charge of the animation production.
The anime adaptation is based on the light novels written by Towa and Illustrated by Huka Kazabana. It was previously serialized as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel that began in November 2017. The light novel series was published the same year under the Kadokawa Books imprint and has released nine volumes as of September 2025.
A manga series by Rikizo was launched in March 2018.
Yen Press licensed the light novel series and manga for English release. It describes series’ synopsis as such:
Corporate slave Arihito Atobe’s death in a freak bus accident marks the beginning of his new life as a kind of adventurer called a Seeker. Reborn into a fantasy world, he settles into a previously unknown job class called “rearguard,” capable of providing his (all-female) party with critical attack, defense, and recovery support. And it comes with an added bonus: Simply being at the back of the party line increases his companions’ fondness for him! Freed from the shackles of corporate life, Arihito is eager to start fresh as a newly minted Seeker!
Sources: The World’s Strongest Rearguard Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Anime News Network