"I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand" is a new anime series based on the Japanese light novel series written by Ezogingitune and illustrated by DeeCHA, which was serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from June 2018 to January 2021, and later acquired and published by SB Creative under their GA Novel imprint in February 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Chako Abeno with composition by Kitsune Tennōji started serialization on Square Enix's Manga Up! website and app in August 2019.
The anime is directed by Hiroyuki Kanbe ("Plunderer") at studio GEKKOU, with series composition by Mitsutaka Hirota ("Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time"), character designs by Majiro ("Salaryman's Club") and music composed by Tomotaka Osumi ("Her Blue Sky").
The opening theme song is "Sore demo Donten o Koete yuku" ("And So I Will Go Beyond the Cloudy Sky") performed by sajou no hana, while MEISHOHIKOKAI performs the ending theme song "Arikitari na Nichijo to Koun Hibi e" ("Towards Ordinary Daily Life and Fortunate Days"). The voice cast includes Gakuto Kajiwara, Yui Ishikawa, Mayu Sagara, Yurie Kozakai, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Tsuyoshi Koyama and Wakana Maruoka.
"I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand" premiered on July 3, 2026 and streams on Crunchyroll.
Find out more about the anime series after the jump.
