Voice actress Yumiri Hanamori is joining the voice cast of the upcoming Scum of the Brave TV anime series as Sara Kashiwagi Pendragon. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in January 2026.
Hanamori’s character is spotlighted in a newly released short character trailer.
She joins a previously announced voice cast that includes Ryota Suzuki as Shinigami Yashiro, Akari Kito as Aki Jogamine, and Momo Harumi as Yukine Indo.
Shinji Ushiro (Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack) is directing the anime series, with Yoichi Kato as series composer and scriptwriter, and Rika Murakami as character designer. OLM is in charge of the animation production.
The original light novel series is written by Rocket Shokai and illustrated by Yuya Kusaka, which was released under the KADOKAWA Books label on December 24, 2016. A new version with revisions and illustrations from toi8 was announced, along with the anime adaptation, this year.
The series began as a Kakuyomu web novel in 2016. The light novel also inspired a manga adaptation by Nakashima723 in 2018, which has been published digitally in English on Manga Planet.
Manga Planet describes the main premise of the Scum of the Brave manga as:
In an alternate 21st century, rich mafia members can turn into “Demon Kings” through increasingly popular ether-enhancement surgery, and the bounty hunters called “Braves” are the ones called upon to take them down. Yashiro only wants the simple pleasures in life – pizza, beer, and card games. When three young Braves offer him a majestic sum to be their private tutor, he agrees solely for the money – but is it worth what he’s getting himself into?
Sources: Scum of the Brave Official Twitter, Anime News Network, Comic Natalie