The Barbarian’s Bride anime release date has officially been delayed to April 2026 in order to “further improve its quality.” It was originally set to premiere in October 2025. Studio Jumondo (Villainess Level 99) is in charge of the animation production, with Takayuki Tanaka as director.
The official statement reads:
We sincerely thank you for your continued support of Princess Knight is a Barbarian’s Bride.
The broadcast of this work, originally scheduled for October 2025, has been rescheduled to April 2026 in order to further improve its quality.
We deeply apologize to everyone who has been looking forward to the broadcast for the inconvenience and concern this may cause.
Our entire staff will continue to do their utmost to make this a series that you will cherish for years to come. We humbly ask for your understanding.
Future updates will be announced on the official website and the official X (formerly Twitter). We sincerely ask for your continued support of the TV anime The Barbarian’s Bride.
The voice cast includes:
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Serafina de Lavillant
- Satoshi Inomata as Veor
- Kana Hishikawa as Tsetsi
- Aki Toyosaki as Marcius
You can hear them in the main trailer below:
The Barbarian’s Bride (also known as Himekishi wa Barbaroi no Yome or The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King) is a Japanese manga created by Noriaki Kotoba. The series has been serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine starting from January 2021. The anime adaptation was announced in October 2024.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English, describing the story:
A captured knight finds herself betrothed to the leader of the very tribe she was sent to fight in this fantasy manga.
Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she’s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she’ll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand…in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren’t as barbaric as she was led to believe?
Source: The Barbarian’s Bride Official Website
©Noriaki Kotoba, Kodansha / “Princess Knight is the Barbarian’s Bride” Production Committee
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