The staff for the upcoming light anime adaptation of Hokuhoku Yakiimo and Kusabi Kurokawa’s Saved by the Ice Cold Prince’s Embrace (Migawari Reijō o Sukutta no wa Reikoku Mujihi na Kōri no Ōji no Ai Deshita) manga released a teaser promotional video. The promotional video revealed the staff and cast of the anime.
Check out the video below:
Yūsuke Morishita is directing the anime at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio in collaboration with StainLab. Yoshiyuki Oguri is directing the sound at ASLEBEN, and Hiromune Kurahashi is handling the sound effects. Kazuya Takahashi is coordinating production, and Yukino Kinoshita and Bay Bridge Studio designed the title logo.
Hokuhoku first released the story on the Shōsetsu ni Narō service in July 2023. Kurokawa then began releasing the manga adaptation under Funguild’s isekai fantasy label Comic Spira in January 2025. Funguild published the manga’s second compiled volume on January 19. The story has enjoyed massive success garnering over 1.5 million downloads.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via MangaPlaza who releases the manga in English:
As the illegitimate daughter of a count and his maid, Katrina was born into miserable circumstances. And now that she’s lost her mother, the treatment from her stepsister and stepmother the countess has only grown worse. One day, her stepsister receives a royal order to move to the northern outskirts due to her unseemly behavior at a recent party.
There, she is to learn proper conduct under the tutelage of the resident prince, rumored to be a cruel man. Not wanting to subject her daughter to such punishment, the countess decides to send Katrina instead. Katrina arrives in the north shaking in fear. But contrary to the stories, the “merciless and cold-hearted” prince is kinder than she believed. Might the pure-hearted Katrina find love in the wintry countryside?
