An April 1 (effectively April 2 at 12 AM JST) broadcast start date has been revealed for the upcoming Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince TV anime. A second main trailer was also released.
Additionally, it was announced that Yoshino‘s “DEAD OR LOVE” is the ending theme song.
Always a Catch! (Nogashita Sakana wa Okikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Okisugita ken) is based on the light novel series written by Mayo Momoyo and illustrated by Itsuki Mito, as well as the manga version drawn by Kaki Nagato. Square Enix publishes both, and has the manga 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 light novel series began publication under the SQUEX Novel label in 2021 and will release its seventh volume in Japan on April 7. The manga launched on Manga UP! in 2022.
Always a Catch! started as a short story, which was published on Shosetsuka ni Naro in 2020. A sequel series followed the same year.
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: Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince anime website
