The fantasy romance is based on Hokuhoku Yakiimo’s web novel series.
It has been announced that the popular fantasy romance web novel series “Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace” is getting a light anime adaptation in July 2026. Unlike an anime, a light anime uses still frames and minimal animation to save production costs on small-scale projects. A new key visual of the two main characters has been released.
Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace
Premiere window: July 2026
Streaming platform: Yet to be announced.
When is Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace light anime coming
As per the announcement, the light anime adaptation will air in July 2026 on the TV Kanegawa channel in Japan. International broadcast details and the exact release date for the project are still unknown. The cast and staff haven’t been announced either.
The official X (formerly Twitter) account of the series released a key visual to commemorate the news. Moreover, the novel’s manga adaptation illustrator Kusabi Kurokawa has also released an illustration to celebrate the anime adaptation.
Kurokawa’s comment states (machine translated):
Congratulations on the anime adaptation! As the artist in charge of the manga adaptation, I am incredibly happy to have been given such a wonderful opportunity. This is all thanks to everyone who has supported the work so far. I myself can't wait to see Katrina, Clarence, and the others with voices and movements. I hope many people will enjoy their story. Please support both the original novel and the manga!
The original novel’s author Hokuhoku Yakiimo’s comment reads (machine translated):
I am incredibly happy and honored that “Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace” will be adapted into an anime. I am still filled with surprise and joy! This opportunity wouldn't have been possible without the support of everyone involved and the readers. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who was involved in the production. I hope everyone will enjoy it...!
What is Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace about?
The novel series by Hokuhoku Yakiimo began publishing in the user generated website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in July 2023. Kurokawa illustrates the manga adaptation, which began serialising in January 2025 under Funguild's isekai fantasy label Comic Spira. MangaPlaza publishes the manga digitally in English and describes the story as:
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?