The Winter 2026 anime season kicks off with a dark fantasy bang! That's right, the English dub of Sentenced to Be a Hero will officially stream on Crunchyroll alongside the Japanese version, starting with Episode 1 on Saturday, January 3 . Check out the cast and crew: Sentenced to Be a Hero English Dub Episode 1 Cast Xylo voiced by David Matranga Teoritta voiced by Emi Lo Dotta voiced by Joshua Waters Kivia voiced by Dawn M. Bennett Venetim voiced by Jessie James Grelle Rajit voiced by Nicholas Huber Priest voiced by Jim Foronda Siena voiced by Naya Moreno Zofflec voiced by Ethan Gallardo Additional Voices by Abigail Blythe, Kelly Greenshield, Peyton Howard, Joshua Hires, Tom Aglio, Mauricio Ortiz-Segura, Alex Hanback, Brandon Acosta, Eli Farmer, Abi Kumar, Conner Allison, Seth Magill Sentenced to Be a Hero English Dub Episode 1 Cast Voice Director: Shawn Gann Producer: Susie Nixon Adaptation: Audrey Drake Rigg, Matthew Greenbaum Mixer: William Dewell Engineer: Victor Acosta RELATED: Crunchyroll Winter 2026 Anime Dubs Include JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 and More Key Art RELATED: Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Reveals Premiere Date, SPYAIR Opening Song in Main Trailer Hiroyuki Takashima ( Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation animation director) directs Sentenced to Be a Hero at Studio KAI, with series composition by Kenta Ihara ( Saga of Tanya the Evil ), character designs by Takeru Noda and music by Shunsuke Takizawa ( Kemono Michi: Rise Up ). Yoshitake Nakakoji serves as assistant director and creature designer, Nobutaka Ike serves as world designer and Kota Sugawa serves as prop designer. Crunchyroll describes the story: In a world where heroism is a punishment, Xylo Forbartz, a condemned goddess killer, battles endless hordes of monstrous abominations as part of Penal Hero Unit 9004. Death is no escape, only a cycle of resurrection and relentless combat. But when Xylo encounters a mysterious new goddess, their unlikely alliance sparks a rebellion that could shatter the chains of eternal punishment.
