From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman

Original title: 片田舎のおっさん、剣聖になる

• 2025 –2026
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• Returning series
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• TV-14

• Animation
• Action & Adventure
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Comedy

★ 7.3 TMDB Rating · 109 votes

Beryl Gardenant, a middle-aged swordsman running a dojo in the backwaters, lives a quiet life, until Allucia, former student and Commander of the Royal Order of Knights, appears! Beryl’s life is about to change dramatically! City life. Old students. New friends and formidable foes. It’s all too much. But after years of training, he has mad skills, and he’s been dubbed “the backwater swordmaster.”

Seasons

2

Episodes

24

Episode length

~24m

First aired

Apr 5, 2025

Networks

HTB, tv asahi, Nagoya TV, KBC, ABC TV, NCC, OAB, ABA, Niigata Television Network 21, khb, KFB, HOME, KSB, Kagoshima Broadcasting, Iwate Asahi TV, Akita Asahi Broadcasting, Yamagata Television System, Shizuoka Asahi TV, Asahi Broadcasting Nagano, Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, Ehime Asahi TV, Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting, Ryu-Q Asahi Broadcasting

Original language

Japanese

Origin

Japan