The upcoming Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince TV anime has gotten a main trailer and key visual, An April premiere window was also revealed.
Additionally, HoneyWorks feat. Airi Suzuki‘s “Chikai wa Kyunto.” was announced to be the opening theme song. It’s previewed in the trailer.
Always a Catch! (Nogashita Sakana wa Okikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Okisugita ken) started as a short story from Mayo Momoyo, published on Shosetsuka ni Naro in 2020. A sequel series followed the same year. Following the story’s web debut, there’s now a light novel series, illustrated by Itsuki Mito, and a manga drawn by Kaki Nagato.
©ももよ万葉・三登いつき・ながと牡蠣／SQUARE ENIX・逃げ釣り製作委員会
Square Enix publishes both the light novels and manga, and has the latter in English via Manga UP! Global and in volume form. The manga’s first volume synopsis reads:
Maria, the daughter of a duke, grew up believing she would one day inherit her father’s dukedom. Accordingly, she focused her attentions on honing her martial arts prowess, while thoughts of marriage fell by the wayside. But the arrival of a baby brother in her family means she’s losing her role as heir! Now that she’s decided it’s time to marry after all, she’s arrived a little late to the game! Are there even any eligible bachelors left?
Upon going to study abroad in a neighboring country where she might still stand a chance at getting hitched, she’s bewildered when the crown prince there declares before all that his engagement to her is null and void! Wait…what engagement?!
Apparently, he’s mistaken her for the wrong girl! But once that’s all cleared up and he catches sight of her knocking out a whole pack of bandits, it turns out that this prince may have a thing for ass-kicking young ladies after all…
The Always a Catch! light novel series began publication under Square Enix’s SQUEX Novel label in 2021 and has six volumes as of November 2025. The manga launched on Manga UP! in 2022.
Staff
• Director: Akira Oguro (Giant Beasts of Ars)
• Series composer: Michiko Yokote (Call of the Night)
• Character designer: Isamu Suzuki
• Animation production: TROYCA
Cast
• Saori Hayami as Aida Amethis
• Shuichiro Umeda as Placido di Rubini
• Taku Yashiro as Raimondo Cigata
Source: @nigetsuri_anime
