Staff for the Oni no Hanayome (鬼の花嫁 /The Ogre’s Bride) TV anime have released a new trailer and confirmed more cast members. The anime is set to premiere in July 2026.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w23xHx1Gl7w]
Oumiya Kazuhito is directing the anime at Colored Pencil Animation Japan, and the anime will star:
- Hayami Saori as Yuzu Shinonome
- Umehara Yuuichirou as Reiya Kiryuin
- Terasawa Momoka as Sou
- Kobashi Miyu as Ao
- Iwami Manaka as Karin Shinome
- Ousaka Ryouta as Yota Kogetsu
- Senbongi Sayaka as Toko
- Hanae Natsuki as Tokichi Nekota
The newly announced cast members are listed below:
- Ban Taito as Takamichi Araki
- Shimazaki Nobunaga as Ouga Kiyama
- Endou Aya as Sakurako Kiyama
The anime is based on Kureha’s Oni no Hanayome (鬼の花嫁 /The Ogre’s Bride) light novel series. Kureha (Kekkaishi no Ichirinka, Fukushuu o Chikatta Shironeko wa Ryuuou no Hiza no Ue de Damin o Musaboru) started the story in 2019 in Starts Publishing’s Novema! platform. Starts Publishing released the first novel with illustrations by Shiroya Yuu (Zetsubou Reijou no Kareinaru Rikon) in October 2020 and the fifth novel in December 2021.
Kureha continued the story with a Newlywed Arc novel edition (), and Starts Publishing released the first novel in August 2022 and the 5th novel in December 2025.
Starts Publishing also released a separate book in September 2025, which contained stories about the characters’ daily lives and interactions, as well as tales not included in the main story.
The original novel series was adapted into a manga by Togashi Jun in December 2021 in Starts Publishing’s Noicomi magazine, and Starts Publishing published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in August 2022. The manga’s ninth volume was released on May 8th, 2026, and the 10th volume is scheduled for release on July 10th, 2026.
The manga is released by MangaPlaza in English under the name The Ogre’s Bride, and it describes the story below:
“A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! “You’re the bride I’ve been searching for all this time.” The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their “bride”. The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn’t take things anymore, a man appeared before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen… and he’s calling her his wife?! “Just be quiet and let me hold you.” The most powerful, “cold-hearted” ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?!”
