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Visuals unveiled for character Ornest Rain




The official site for the TV anime adaptation of Alto and Yuunagi's "The Banished Court Magician" light novel series has announced that Masaaki Mizunaka will voice Ornest Rain in the series. On Monday, visuals showcasing Ornest were released on the site.

Previously announced cast members include:

- Shūichirō Umeda as Alec Ygret
- Yurika Kubo as Yorha Eisenz
- Masumi Tazawa as Krasia Annerose

Starting in October, the anime will be shown every Saturday night at 11:30 PM in the "IMAnimation" block.

Ken Takahashi ( Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! , Butlers x Battlers , Ragna Crimson ) is directing the anime at Gekkō with Masamune Hirata as assistant director. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu ( Flower and Asura , Dropkick on My Devil! , Is the order a rabbit? ) is in charge of the series scripts, and Yōko Satō ( Dog & Scissors , Saiyuki Reload Blast , I'm in Love with the Villainess ) is designing the characters with Nobuhide Hayashi as the sub-character designer. Both Satō and Hayashi are also credited as the chief animation directors. Diosta inc. and High Speed Boy inc. are composing the music.

Other staff members include Yoshiki Kuga and Recommendation as the monster designers, Koh Kawarajima as the monster animation director, Yoshihiro Ujiie and Yuzuki Sekine as the prop, weapon, and accessory designers, Manabu Otsuzuki as the art director, KUSANAGI for the art backgrounds, Shingo Kanai for the art boards, Ryōta Katsuta and Maki Yamamoto as the color key artists, Hisashi Akimoto as the 3D director, Shingeki Asakawa as the compositing director of photography, Nobuyuki Abe as the sound director, and On-Lead for sound production.

The narrative revolves around Alec Ygret, a magician devoted to promoting magic for the sake of the crown prince as he worked towards clearing out dungeons in his youth. One day, the prince dismisses Alec as his court magician, stating that someone with only expertise in casting support magic is of little use. Left without employment, Alec receives an invitation from his old friend Yorha to join him in another journey into dungeons.

Alto serialized ( link ) the story in the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from October 2020 to September 2022. Kodansha published the first volume of the print version of the story with illustrations by Yuunagi in August 2021, and published the fifth volume in August 2024.

Yuki Monji launched ( link ) In July 2021, Kodansha published the manga version of a story that was released as a novel in June 2021 in their Magazine Pocket app. On April 9th, Kodansha released the 15th compiled book volume of this manga. Additionally, Kodansha's K MANGA app is currently releasing this manga in English.


Sources: The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest anime's website ( link ) , Comic Natalie ( link )