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The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Unveils More Cast & Staff, Theme Songs, January 2026 Delay

posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Riho Sugiyama, Masaya Fukunishi join cast; anime delayed from previously announced 2025 debut


The official website for the television anime of Iwatobineko's The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (Tōmei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fūfu ni Naru Futari) manga unveiled on Wednesday the anime's first full promotional video, additional cast and staff members, and January 2026 delay. The video reveals the opening theme song "Ding-dong" by Mao Abe, and the ending theme song "Hoshimegane" (Star Glasses) by Kaori Ishihara.

The newly announced cast members are:

Riho Sugiyama as Luna Jarashi, a beastwoman investigator at the Tounome Detective Agency, mainly in charge of protection and heavy-duty work
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Image courtesy of Pony Canyon
Masaya Fukunishi as Daichi Kikira, a male human and investigator at the Tounome Detective Agency, mainly responsible for gathering leads
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Image courtesy of Pony Canyon

The newly announced staff members include:

The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife teaser visual
Image courtesy of Pony Canyon
The anime will star Yōhei Azakami as Akira Tounome and Yuka Nukui as Shizuka Yakou.

The anime was originally slated to debut in 2025.

Mitsuho Seta (Solo Camping for Two scriptwriter, BELLE key animator) is directing the series and overseeing the series scripts. project No.9 is animating the series. Kairi Unabara (Witch Hat Atelier) is designing the characters. Yōichi Kadono is credited for "suits supervision." Nozomi Nakatani (Non Non Biyori Repeat, Peach Boy Riverside) is the sound director at Bit Grooove Promotion, and Ruka Kawada (Isekai Quartet, Is the order a rabbit?) is composing the music.

Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:

Yakou Shizuka, a quiet and bashful woman, works at a detective agency. Her boss Tounome, who owns the company, is the gentlemanly type, kind and dapper, though he has an extra talent—he's invisible! His special ability is perfect for detective work, but he quickly comes to find it doesn't work on Yakou, who is blind and always knows if he's near. Charmed, Tounome is determined to get her to date him and isn't against using his many skills. Yakou's quirky coworkers, a contrarian human man and a sisterly beastwoman, kindly watch over her as she stumbles and blushes through the uncharted waters of office romance.

Iwatobineko launched the manga on X/Twitter in 2021, and then began serializing the manga on pixiv Comic later that year.

Sources: Press release, The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife anime's website, Comic Natalie


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