The anime "The Exiled Cheat Mage Enjoys a Carefree Second Life" (Tsuihou Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi wa Kimamana Second Life o Ooka Suru) has a debut trailer and a new poster out, and it's aiming for an October 2026 premiere window.
Voices:
- Daiki Yamashita — Midoriya Izuku (My Hero Academia)
- Miyu Tomita — Riko (Made in Abyss)
- Megumi Han — Gon Freecss (Hunter × Hunter)
- Konomi Kohara — Roxy Migurdia (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto — Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia)
- Makoto Furukawa — Saitama (One Punch Man)
Studio: P.A. Works (The Day I Became a God) is animating. Staff includes Shu Honma directing (credits: Midnight Strike, Kunmin the Party Boy), Yoko Yonoiyama on series composition/script (The Wizard’s Bride, Mono), and Tadahito Kiesawa as character designer and animation director (This Silly Pig Doesn't Understand the Dream of the Girl with a Backpack).
Premise in brief: a boy who’s alarmingly good at enchanting gear is used by a guild and then expelled — now he tries a second life, more or less on his own terms. Will it play the expected beats or flip them? Hard to say; the trailer gives a taste but not the whole menu.