The official website for the Nigashita Sakana wa Oukikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Oukisugita Ken (Always a Catch!/逃がした魚は大きかったが釣りあげた魚が大きすぎた件 ) TV anime has revealed the show’s second main promotional video and confirmed that the anime will premiere on April 1st, 2026. The anime will debut on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels at 24:00 JST (effectively on April 2nd).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0LkNAqMrZw]
Oguro Akira is directing the anime at TROYCA studios, and the anime will star:
- Serizawa Yuu as Maria Annovazzi
- Tamaru Atsushi as Renato de Rubini
- Hayami Saori as Aida Amethis
- Umeda Shuuichirou as Placido di Rubini
- Yashiro Taku as Raimondo Cigata
Newly confirmed cast members include:
- Hanae Natsuki as Ireneo
- Maeda Kaori as Eleonora Casciari
- Oukubo Rumi as Rosalia Pinotti
The anime is based on the Nigashita Sakana wa Oukikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Oukisugita Ken light novel series by Momoyo Mayo. Author Momoyo started the original story in October 2020 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and Square Enix published the first novel with illustrations by Mito in August 2021. The series’s sixth novel was released in November 2025, and the seventh novel is scheduled for release on April 7th, 2026.
The novel series was adapted into a manga by Nagato Kaki in April 2022 on Square Enix’s Manga UP! service, and Square Enix published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in July 2022. The manga’s ninth volume was released in November 2025, and the 10th volume is scheduled for release on April 7th, 2026.
Square Enix Manga & Books published the manga adaptation in print under the title Always a Catch!, and it will release the manga’s sixth volume on March 24th, 2026 and the manga’s seventh volume on June 2nd, 2026. The manga is also released digitally in English on Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global, Kadokawa’s BookWalker Global and Comikey.
Square Enix Manga & Books describes the manga story below:
“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…”
We’ve previously covered Nigashita Sakana wa Oukikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Oukisugita Ken on NamiComi News, which you can read by visiting the relevant news article.
