Hinaki Yano joins From Old Country Bumpkin cast as Ficelle Harbeller – character trailer releases
Michelle Topham 
With still almost half a year to go before the action adventure anime From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman premieres, the production committee has been doing a stellar job already getting fans excited for what’s to come.
Today’s latest promo piece for From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman is a new character trailer.
This time it’s for Ficelle Harbeller, which dropped along with an announcement that voice actress Hinaki Yano (Nikola in Quality Assurance in Another World) will voice her.
The Ficelle Harbeller character trailer shows the highly-skilled swordswoman talking about learning her skills from her teacher, and how she has put that training to good use.
(watch video down below)
Along with the trailer, which features Hinaki Yano’s voice, Ficelle Harbeller’s cute character designs were also released showing the adorable but deadly sword wielder in typical defense mode, along with her facial designs and full body visual.
After commenting it appears fans think the “old country bumpkin” of the title is “cool”, voice actress Hinaki Yano also promised “to bring out the richness of Fissel’s facial expressions!” to make the anime even more fun to watch.
All I know already is she’s freaking CUTE!!!
From Old Country Bumpkin… staff
The previously-announced staff for the upcoming From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman anime include Akio Kazumi (Loner Life in Another World), Kunihiko Okada in charge of series composition, and Satsuki Hayasaki (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy) designing these wonderful-looking characters.
Passione (Yuri is My Job) and Hayabusa Film (Hamidashi Creative) are both animating the production.
From Old Country Bumpkin… plot
As for the Old Country Bumpkin plot, the anime and the Shigeru Sagazaki light novel series it is based on follow sword instructor Beryl Gardinant who, while he has always wanted to be a master swordsman, has now decided he is too old for that.
So he spends his days training young people to become that which he couldn’t.
This all changes when one of Beryl’s former students pulls strings to get him appointed as an instructor for the Liberion Order, the kingdom’s prestigious knights.
But, once he arrives in the capital city, he discovers other former adoring students are also involved, and none of them have any intention of allowing him to go back to the small village he has been wasting his swordsmanship skills in up until now.
Look out for more promo pieces coming from the Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman production committee releases here on Baozi Buns as they come out.
The fantasy anime itself is scheduled to premiere some time in April, 2025.
Source: Official From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman website
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