LEED Publishing announced on Saturday that the manga Scum of the Brave (Yūsha no Kuzu), written by Rocket Shokai and illustrated by Nakashima723, is receiving a television anime adaptation at OLM. The series is set to broadcast on NTV and its affiliated networks.

Scum of the Brave Teaser Visual

Rocket Shokai originally introduced the story on the Kakuyomu website in February 2016. Update: The series is undergoing a re-publication in novel format with revisions, featuring new illustrations by toi8.

The manga adaptation debuted in 2018 and is serialized on LEED Publishing’s Comic Border platform. Its seventh volume is scheduled for release on March 21.

Manga Planet is distributing the digital English version of the series and provides the following synopsis:

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?

Rocket Shokai is also the author of Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004, a light novel series that is likewise receiving a television anime adaptation set to premiere later this year.