{"id":524134,"date":"2026-06-29T12:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/524134\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:41:21","slug":"the-kept-man-of-the-princess-knight-tv-animes-teaser-video-reveals-more-staff-members-january-2027-debut-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/524134\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kept Man of the Princess Knight TV Anime&#8217;s Teaser Video Reveals More Staff Members, January 2027 Debut &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anime&#8217;s teaser visual, character visuals also revealed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadokawa<\/a> revealed on Monday the teaser promotional video, teaser visual, additional staff members, and January 2027 debut for the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-02-16\/the-kept-man-of-the-princess-knight-novels-get-tv-anime\/.221292\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=245634\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toru Shirogane<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=34709\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Kept Man of the Princess Knight<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=28904\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Himekishi-sama no Himo<\/a>) light novel series.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>Character designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=40925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hisao Ishii<\/a> drew the below teaser visual:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" alt=\"himo\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/239089\/himo.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u767d\u91d1\u900f\/KADOKAWA\/\u59eb\u9a0e\u58eb\u69d8\u306e\u30d2\u30e2\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>Kadokawa also revealed visuals for the main characters:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=48696\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Junichi Suwabe<\/a> as Matthew\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" alt=\"himo1.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/239089\/himo1.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u767d\u91d1\u900f\/KADOKAWA\/\u59eb\u9a0e\u58eb\u69d8\u306e\u30d2\u30e2\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=86961\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikako Komatsu<\/a> as Arwin\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" alt=\"himo2.png\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/239089\/himo2.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u767d\u91d1\u900f\/KADOKAWA\/\u59eb\u9a0e\u58eb\u69d8\u306e\u30d2\u30e2\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>Newly announced staff members include:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" alt=\"_.png\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/221292\/_.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u767d\u91d1\u900f\/KADOKAWA\/\u59eb\u9a0e\u58eb\u69d8\u306e\u30d2\u30e2\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=192061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chihiro Kumano<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=32725\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eiga Odekake Kozame Tokai no Otomodachi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=24241\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Couple of Cuckoos<\/a>) is directing the series at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10223\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLADE<\/a>. Hisao Ishii (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=34056\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There&#8217;s No Freaking Way I&#8217;ll Be Your Lover! Unless&#8230;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=16169\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In Search of the Lost Future<\/a>) is designing the characters based on the original light novel designs by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=245635\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saki Mashima<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=24182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deko Akao<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After the Rain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=11188\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arakawa Under the Bridge<\/a>) is in charge of series scripts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=6612\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yen Press<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-07-01\/yen-press-reveals-16-new-licenses-5-new-audiobooks-4-webcomics\/.199860\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publishes<\/a> the novels in English and describes the story:<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s center, seeking a legendary treasure with the power to rebuild the princess&#8217;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\u2014not even the princess knight\u2014 knows what Matthew is truly capable of.<\/p>\n<p>Shirogane&#8217;s light novel series reached over 200,000 copies in circulation and won the 28th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=27664\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dengeki<\/a> Novel Awards grand prize. Kadokawa will ship the seventh novel volume on July 10. Yen Press will ship the sixth volume on August 11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=245636\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keyyang<\/a> launched a manga adaptation of the light novel series. Kadokawa shipped the third compiled book volume in December 2024. Yen Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-11-18\/yen-press-licenses-8-manga-3-novels-3-audiobooks\/.204555\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publishes<\/a> the manga in English and shipped the third compiled book volume on January 6.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press release<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anime&#8217;s teaser visual, character visuals also revealed Kadokawa revealed on Monday the teaser promotional video, teaser visual, additional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-524134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}