The Legendary Hero is Dead! is a tV series anime that premiered in spring 2023, produced by LIDENFILMS.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there are 12 episodes of about 24 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are action, adventure, comedy, ecchi and fantasy, with themes such as Body Swapping, Male Protagonist, Surreal Comedy and Anti-Hero.

On AniList, The Legendary Hero is Dead! has an average score of 63%, an average score, and appears on 60,149 users' lists.

In a world of monsters and magic, Sion, the local hero, is on his way to save the world from demons. Well, that was the plan until he fell into a pit dug by a sleazy villager, Touka, and died! After hiding the accident, Touka goes to bed as usual but wakes up feeling…different. Somehow he’s in Sion’s body! Now, the fate of the world is in his hands. What could go wrong? (Source: Crunchyroll)

Official synopsis from AniList.