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The Kept Man of the Princess Knight TV Anime's Teaser Video Reveals More Staff Members, January 2027 Debut
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Kadokawa revealed on Monday the teaser promotional video, teaser visual, additional staff members, and January 2027 debut for the television anime adaptation of Toru Shirogane's The Kept Man of the Princess Knight (Himekishi-sama no Himo) light novel series.
Character designer Hisao Ishii drew the below teaser visual:
Kadokawa also revealed visuals for the main characters:
Junichi Suwabe as Matthew
Mikako Komatsu as Arwin
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
Yen Press publishes the novels in English and describes the story:
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.
Shirogane's light novel series reached over 200,000 copies in circulation and won the 28th annual Dengeki Novel Awards grand prize. Kadokawa will ship the seventh novel volume on July 10. Yen Press will ship the sixth volume on August 11.
Keyyang launched a manga adaptation of the light novel series. Kadokawa shipped the third compiled book volume in December 2024. Yen Press publishes the manga in English and shipped the third compiled book volume on January 6.
Source: Press release
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