User blog:Blazu/The Faraway Paladin Anime Announcement

The anime adaptation of The Faraway Paladin has been officially greenlit and is scheduled for release on October 2021. It was announced during Overlaps' 8th Anniversary live stream and debuted with a promotional trailer and key visuals.

Common Questions
Q: How many episodes are scheduled for release?

No information regarding the episode count was mentioned.

Q: What's the exact release date?

It's scheduled to release on October 2021, no exact date in October was mentioned.

Q: How many volumes are going to be adapted

No official statement was mentioned, however, judging from the trailer, it will adapt up to two volumes of the novels.

Q: Why is William's hair orange for the anime?

Even though his hair was described and depicted in the novels and manga as chestnut brown, they decided to model his hair after the original character designs by Kususaga Rin.

Q: Why was the novels on hiatus for 3 years?

The author, Kanata Yanaigno, made a statement on twitter was due to physical and mental illness, they also mentioned later after the anime announcement, that they undertook a lot of supervision work including writing manuscripts for the anime. They announced that they're writing the 5th volume of the Novel since late-October and plans to continue the Web Novel after the volume is published.