The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime confirms April 2025 premiere, main cast, and staff with PV and visual

On Friday, November 8, 2024, the official X (formerly Twitter) account for The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime streamed a new promotional video and visual to confirm that the anime will be released in April 2025. Additionally, the details regarding the anime's main cast and staff are announced.

Produced by Makaria, The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime is based on author Sakaku Hishikawa and illustrator Daburyu's fantasy light novel series of the same name. SB Creative has been serializing the novels since October 2021, publishing six tankobon volumes thus far. The light novel series also has a manga adaptation with Ten Junoichi's illustrations.

The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime's trailer confirms the April 2025 debut

On Friday, November 8, 2024, the official staff shared a new trailer and visual to announce that The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime will be released in April 2025, i.e., in Spring 2025. More information about the anime's broadcast and the exact release date will be revealed in the future.

The latest trailer for The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime opens with Zenos, the protagonist, administering treatment to cure his patients. The PV then transitions to a scene, where an adventurer party banishes Zenos.

The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime's teaser visual (Image via Makaria)

After being kicked out of his party, Zenos finds an injured girl and administers his healing techniques to treat her wounds. The PV then shows Zenos developing new bonds, as he opens an underground clinic to put his self-taught skills to use.

Besides the trailer, the official staff has unveiled a teaser visual for The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime. The illustration depicts Zenos, along with the elf girl Lily and Camilia, walking through a slum. The visual has a catchphrase in Japanese, which reads as follows in English:

"In this slum, there is a dark doctor who should not be known."

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The main cast members are announced. Shogo Sakata, known for voicing Aki Hayakawa from Chainsaw Man, has joined the voice cast as Zenos. Miharu Hanai plays the role of Lily, an elf girl whom Zenon rescues. Likewise, Yoko Hikasa lends her voice to Carmilla, who reigns over the undead.

Comments from the voice actors have arrived on the anime's official X handle, where they expressed their delight in performing their respective characters. Aside from encouraging fans to watch the series, the Seiyuus (voice actors) have also shared their first impressions of the characters they are playing.

Staff and the plot of The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime

Zenos, as seen in the trailer (Image via Makaria)

Joe Yoshizaki directs the fantasy anime at Makaria Inc. production, with Taika Miyagi in charge of the scripts. Denpuogi and Yoshihiro are credited as the character designers, while Hirosih Goroku is the art director.

Other staff members include Harumi Fuuki as the music composer, Moe Kawada as the color designer, Hiroto Morishita as the sound director, and Kohei Tanada as the director of photography.

Based on Sakaku Hishikawa's light novel series, The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows anime follows Zenos, an unlicensed genius healer, who gets abandoned by his adventurer party. As such, he decides to put his skills to use and open a clinic in a slum. Words about his genius spreads quickly and Zenos' life changes for good.