At AnimeJapan, the staff of the TV anime Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 announced that the series will receive a second season. A new game project titled Yūsha-kei ni Shosu -Game of the GODDESS- was also revealed, along with promotional visuals and teaser videos for both projects.

The anime originally premiered on January 3 with a one-hour special on Tokyo MX, followed by weekly episodes airing across 28 channels in Japan. It is also streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Japan, other platforms, and Crunchyroll with a same-day English dub.

Yen Press summarizes the story as follows:

Heroism—a punishment for only the worst criminals. Those sentenced to the fate of a hero are forced to fight at the front lines against the demon king’s army—and if they die, they can expect to be revived and continue the battle. But when their leader, convicted of killing a goddess, meets another goddess himself, the contract they forge may be enough to change the world…