The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker anime revealed a new visual, along with confirming a July release date. Studio MAHO FILM (I’ll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History) is in charge of the animation, with the main staff including:
- Director: Yuji Yanase
- Series Composition: Deko Akao
- Main Character Design: Eriko Yanagimoto
- Animation Production: MAHO FILM
The voice cast includes:
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Arihito
- Aoi Koga as Theresia
- Sakura Nakamura as Kyoka
- Yui Ishikawa as Elitia
- Saori Hayami as Suzuna
You can see the new visual below.
The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker is a Japanese light novel series by Toowa with illustrations by Huuka Kazabana. It debuted as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro in April 2017, then moved to print under Fujimi Shobo’s Kadokawa Books label in November 2017. Nine light novel volumes have been published as of September 2025. A manga adaptation by Rikizo started on Kadokawa’s ComicWalker in March 2018, with ten volumes released as of January 2026.
Yen Press licensed both the novel and manga in English, describing the story:
Corporate slave Arihito Atobe’s death in a freak bus accident marks the beginning of his new life as a kind of adventurer called a Seeker. Reborn into a fantasy world, he settles into a previously unknown job class called “rearguard,” capable of providing his (all-female) party with critical attack, defense, and recovery support. And it comes with an added bonus: Simply being at the back of the party line increases his companions’ fondness for him! Freed from the shackles of corporate life, Arihito is eager to start fresh as a newly minted Seeker!
Source: The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker Official Website
©2026 Toowa, Huuka Kazabana / KADOKAWA / “The World’s Strongest Rearguard” Production Committee
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