The Ogre's Bride Anime Trailer Adds Three Cast Members
The new cast additions expand the supporting roster for a series that already has significant commercial momentum, with over 5.8 million copies in circulation across its light novel and manga formats.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Trending, The Fandom Post.
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Kureha's light novel series The Ogre's Bride revealed three additional cast members in a new trailer on Saturday. Taito Ban will voice Takamichi Araki, Nobunaga Shimazaki will voice Ouga Kiyama, and Aya Endo will voice Sakurako Kiyama. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in July 2026. The previously announced cast includes Saori Hayami as Yuzu Shinonome, Yuichiro Umehara as Reiya Kiryuin, and others. Kazuhito Omiya is directing the series at Colored Pencil Animation Japan, with Yumi Kamakura handling series scripts and Hikari Tanaka designing characters. The light novel series began on Starts Publishing's Novema! platform in 2019 and has nine volumes as of May 2024. A manga adaptation by Jun Togashi launched in December 2021. The light novel and manga together have over 5.8 million copies in circulation. A live-action film adaptation opened in Japanese theaters on March 27.
The trailer, released through Aniplex's YouTube channel and the anime's official social media, provides the first look at the three new characters in motion. Taito Ban's Takamichi Araki, Nobunaga Shimazaki's Ouga Kiyama, and Aya Endo's Sakurako Kiyama join a cast that already includes Saori Hayami as protagonist Yuzu Shinonome and Yuichiro Umehara as Reiya Kiryuin. The series is set in a Japan where humans and demons coexist peacefully, following Yuzu, an ordinary high school girl who lives in the shadow of her older sister, a demon's bride, until a beautiful ogre claims her as his own.
The production team includes director Kazuhito Omiya, series composer Yumi Kamakura, and character designer Hikari Tanaka, with Hiroko Shigekuni also credited for character designs. Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music. The light novel series won the grand prize at the First Novema! Character Short Story Contest. The manga adaptation won Noicomi's annual comic ranking in the girl comics category in 2022 and 2023. MangaPlaza releases the manga in English digitally. The live-action film adaptation sold 146,000 tickets in its opening three days, earning about 202 million yen.
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- Anime News Network The Ogre's Bride Anime's Trailer Unveils More Cast
- Anime Trending Taito Ban, Nobunaga Shimazaki & More Join Voice Cast of The Ogre's Bride TV Anime
- The Fandom Post ‘The Ogre’s Bride’ TV Anime Expands Cast With New Promo