The Faraway Paladin

Synopsis

In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.

Main Cast

Maki Kawase

Will (young) (voice)

Age : 28 | Popularity : 6%

Katsuyuki Konishi

Blood (voice)

Age : 51 | Popularity : 19%

Yui Horie

Mary (voice)

Age : 47 | Popularity : 5%

Nobuo Tobita

Gus (voice)

Age : 64 | Popularity : 10%

Ayumu Murase

Menel (voice)

Age : 35 | Popularity : 19%

Eri Suzuki

Bee (voice)

Age : 27 | Popularity : 3%

Koji Yusa

Tonio (voice)

Age : 55 | Popularity : 13%

Kenji Nomura

Reystov (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Seasons

Season 1

2021 | 12 episodes

Born into a new world after a life of stagnancy, Will awakens to the faces of a skeleton, a ghost, and a mummy. Living in the ruins of a city long fallen, the three raise Will as their own. The skeleton— Blood—teaches him to fight; the ghost—Gus—teaches him magic; and the mummy—Mary—teaches him religion and responsibility. Most importantly, they all teach him love. As Will grows up and learns about the world he was born into, he prepares for the day when he must finally set out on his own. For Will, this journey includes a lifelong promise. At their coming-of-age, every adult is required to swear an oath to the god of their choice, with the strength of the pledge affecting the degree of their sworn god's blessing. With his departure approaching, Will must prepare to accept the truth of his undead guardians and embark into a world that even they don't know the state of. Will discovers, however, that every oath must be fulfilled, one way or another.

Season details

Season 2

2023 | 12 episodes

Two years had passed since he left the City of the Dead, and Will was seventeen by count. As a lord, he developed "Torch Port, a river port of light", and gradually the people's activities and smiles returned to "Beast Woods". However, out-of-season flowers bloom profusely, and an abnormality is discovered in the forest. Will and his friends head into the depths of the forest to solve this problem, and receive an ominous prophecy from the king of the forest. "In the Iron Rust Mountains, the 'Fire of Black Calamity' will occur. The fire will spread, or it will burn everything in this land." What is the calamity that sleeps in the ruined dwarven city of Tetsusabi Sanmyaku...!?

Season details

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Series Director	Akira Iwanaga
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Tatsuya Arai Koji Haneda
	Creature Design	Jiang Yuchen
	Color Designer	Haruko Nobori
Art	Art Direction	Yang Zechen
	Original Series Design	Kususaga Rin
Editing	Editor	Yoshiki Ushiroda
Sound	Sound Director	Tomohiko Yaginuma
	Original Music Composer	Ryuichi Takada Keigo Hoashi
Writing	Novel	Kanata Yanagino
	Series Composition	Tatsuya Takahashi
Camera	Director of Photography	Takeshi Kuchiba
Department	Role	Name

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