The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Puuzaki Puuna’s adult doujin manga The Shy Snow Woman and the Cursed Ring (Hitozukiai ga Nigate na Mibōjin no Yuki Onna-san to Noroi no Yubiwa) premieres in October 2026 in Japan on Tokyo MX and BS11. OceanVeil will stream the anime series under the English title The Lonely Snow Widow and the Cursed Ring.
The anime’s cast includes:
- Harumichi Shidō as Satoru Takahashi
- Rikka Kitami as Mifuyu Yukino
- Sara Ayumi as Kaede Kiryuin
Kazuomi Koga is directing the anime at Studio Hōkiboshi. Eeyo Kurosaki oversees the series scripts, Minakyawa Akapiv is the character designer, and Miyako Nishida is the chief animation director.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Designer: Chika Yanagisawa
- Art Setting: Chan Do Kim Fan
- Art Director: Chan Do Kim Fan
- Director of Photography: Shurakura Hōōin
- Editing: Kōki Shinkai
- Sound Director: Mikumo Amakuwa
- Sound Producer: Studio Mouse
- Production: Suiseisha
The official website describes the story as follows:
It’s the modern world, where humans, yokai, and various other races coexist…
One day, Satoru—who works as the apartment manager—ends up angering his secret crush, Mifuyu, a snow woman who lives in the same building.
Eager to make amends, he uses a mysterious ring that is said to help in communicating with yokai. However, he finds himself hotly pursued by Mifuyu, who has suddenly become extremely forward.
A socially aloof widowed snow woman and a young adult male who wants to support her. What awaits them at the end of their repeated physical encounters, fueled by the ring’s power…?
