The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Anime Reveals New Promo Video
Kadokawa's stage presentation at the AnimeJapan 2026 event on Sunday revealed the "pre-broadcast promotional video" for the television anime of Noriaki Kotoba's The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King (Hime Kishi wa Barbaroi no Yome) manga.The anime will star (some name romanizations are not confirmed): Takayuki Tanaka (Baldr Force EXE) is directing the anime at Jumondo. Miya Asakawa (Shonen Onmyouji) is in charge of series scripts. Masayoshi Kikuchi (The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist In Another World) is credited as the main character designer, while Mayumi Fujita and Hajime Hatakeyama are credited for character design, and Lo Ho Kim as sub-character designer. Kikuchi, Fujita, Hatakeyama, and Kim are also all credited as chief animation directors. Arisa Okehazama is composing the music. Mayu Maeshima performs the opening theme song "Beautiful" and sajou no hana performs the ending theme song "Shiru Beki Koto."Other staff members include:Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English under the title The Barbarian's Bride, and it describes the story:Kotoba launched the series in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in January 2021. Kodansha will ship the 11th compiled book volume on April 9. K MANGA is also releasing the manga in English digitally under the title The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King.Sources: AnimeJapan 2026 stage presentation, Press release
