The Ogre's Bride Anime Reveals Theme Songs, July 4 Premiere
The television anime adaptation of Kureha's light novel series The Ogre's Bride will premiere in Japan on July 4. The announcement came with a full promotional video and a new key visual on Sunday. The opening theme song "Hitokoto" is performed by the trio ClariS, and the ending theme song "Shinboshi" is performed by actor and singer Ikusaburo Yamazaki. The anime will air on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV at 24:30 on July 4, effectively July 5 at 12:30 a.m. It will also stream on d Anime Store, ABEMA, U-NEXT, and Anime Hodai starting the same day and time, with additional channels and platforms to follow. Newly announced staff members include art director and art setting by MAI MAI, color key artist Akiko Shibata, compositing director of photography Tomoyoshi Ishizuka, editor Junichi Itou, sound director Kazuhiro Wakabayashi, and sound production by Rakuonsha. The series is directed by Kazuhito Omiya at Colored Pencil Animation Japan, with series scripts by Yumi Kamakura, main character designs by Hikari Tanaka, and music by Masaru Yokoyama. The light novel series and its manga adaptation have over 5.8 million copies in circulation.