Image: Toru Shiragane/KADOKAWA/Princess Knight's Himo Production Committee
The anime adaptation of The Kept Man of the Princess Knight will star Junichi Suwabe and Mikako Komatsu.
Initially revealed in an announcement on X (formerly Twitter), the award-winning The Kept Man of the Princess Knight is confirmed to release an anime series, and is now currently under production.
Studio BLADE is producing the anime, with key staff also being revealed. The director is slated to be Chihiro Kumano, with series composition by Deko Akao, and character design by Hisao Ishii. Junichi Suwabe and Mikako Komatsu, who provided voices for Matthew and Arwin in the novel’s original promotional videos, will reprise their roles.
The Kept Man of the Princess Knight is based on a series of light novels written by Toru Shirogane and illustrated by Saki Mashima. The light novels first began publication under ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko Imprint on 22 February, and has released a total of 5 volumes since then. The novel also won the Grand Prize award for the 28th Dengeki Novel Awards back in 2021.
The light novels received a manga adaptation, with art by Keyyang. It has been serialised in Kadokawa’s ComicWalker manga website since September 2022.
A special teaser video celebrating the news has also been released.
The official description of the story according to Yen Press is as follows:
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.