Kadokawa has revealed the promotional video, key visual, additional staff and cast members and the January 2027 premiere date for the upcoming anime adaptation of Toru Shirogane’s The Kept Man of the Princess Knight (Himekishi-sama no Himo) light novel series.
The cast members include, Junichi Suwabe who stars as Matthew and Mikako Komatsu as Arwin. Chihiro Kumano is directing the series at BLADE. Hisao Ishii handles character designs and Deko Akao is in charge of series scripts.
Hisao Ishii drew the new visual:
Newly announced staff members include:
- Action Director: Hibiki Yamaguchi
- Prop Design/Monster Design: Recommendation, Inc.
- Art Setting: Shingo Kakimoto (Quun Plant)
- Art Director: Ryōsuke Kawai (Quun Plant)
- Color Design: Naomi Nakano (Stella)
- Assistant Color Design: Yuki Kadomatsu (Stella)
- 3D Director: Yoshinori Ban
- 2D Works: Yumeta Company
- Compositing Director of Photography: Kōdai Washizu
- Offline Editing: Nobutaka Maki (TAVAC), Kiminori Yoshida (TAVAC)
- Music: Taku Iwasaki
- Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
- Casting Manager: Ippei Tomari
- Sound Producer: INSPION Edge
The light novel series is still ongoing, and Kadokawa shipped the sixth novel volume on August 9. Yen Press is publishing the novels in English, and the third volume was shipped on October 15. Keyyang launched a manga adaptation of the light novel series. Yen Press publishes the manga in English and shipped the third compiled book volume on January 6.
Lastly, here’s a story synopsis of the light novel series, via Yen Press:
The Dungeon City is a wicked place filled with crime, debauchery, and death. Its one shining light is Arwin, the beautiful Crimson Princess Knight. She and her brave party of adventurers descend into the dungeon at the city’s center, seeking a legendary treasure with the power to rebuild the princess’s fallen kingdom. Many yearn to be by her side, but that spot is already taken by Matthew, a man despised by all in town as a cowardly weakling. Everyone thinks he is scum who just spends her hard-earned money on booze, women, and gambling. No one in the city—not even the princess knight— knows what Matthew is truly capable of.
