Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace Light Anime Reveals Cast and Staff
This is the first visual and casting reveal for a light anime, a production format that Dai Nippon Printing introduced in 2022 to reduce costs and production time compared to traditional animation.
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The light anime adaptation of Hokuhoku Yakiimo and Kusabi Kurokawa's manga Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace has revealed its main cast and staff in a teaser promotional video. Miku Itō will voice the protagonist Katrina, and Yōhei Azakami will voice Prince Clarence. Yūsuke Morishita, known for directing I Want to Live a Long Life to Dote on My Favorite Stepbrother, is directing the anime at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio in collaboration with Stainlab. The anime is set to premiere on TV Kanagawa in July 2026. The story follows Katrina, the illegitimate daughter of a count and his maid, who is sent to the northern outskirts to learn proper conduct under a prince rumored to be cruel, only to find him kinder than expected. The manga began serialization in January 2025 under Funguild's Comic Spira label, and the original text story was first posted on Shōsetsu ni Narō in July 2023. Funguild describes the light anime as an adaptation of the manga version.
The teaser video and website for Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace also confirmed that Yūsuke Morishita is directing at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio in collaboration with Stainlab. Yoshiyuki Oguri is directing the sound at ASLEBEN, and Hiromune Kurahashi is handling sound effects. Kazuya Takahashi is coordinating production, and Yukino Kinoshita and Bay Bridge Studio designed the title logo. The manga, which began in January 2025 under Funguild's isekai fantasy label Comic Spira, has accumulated over 1.5 million downloads. Its second compiled volume was published on January 19, 2026. The original text story by Hokuhoku Yakiimo was first posted on the Shōsetsu ni Narō service in July 2023. Funguild describes the light anime as an adaptation of the manga version, not the original web novel. Dai Nippon Printing coined the term light anime in 2022 to describe a production process that aims for lower costs and shorter timelines than traditional animation.
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