The main promotional video was also revealed.
The upcoming romance anime The Barbarian’s Bride (Hime Kishi wa Barbaroi no Yome) has unveiled a new promotional video and a definitive broadcast window: October 2025! The news, as reported by Comic Natalie, also included announcements regarding its full staff lineup, although no exact date has been confirmed.
The promotional video features the beginning of the story, particularly how the main character, Seraphina, was taken prisoner by a barbarian king named Veor. However, behind his rough exterior is a devoted and sincere softie, causing Seraphina to be confused by the gap in his personality.
The Barbarian’s Bride cast and staff
As previously reported, the main cast for the anime are:
- Seraphina de Ravilant: Sayumi Suzushiro
- Veor: Keiji Inomata
- Tsetsi: Kana Hishikawa
- Alyssa Marsyas: Aki Toyosaki
Takayuki Tanaka is helming the anime as director at Jumondu Seoul, with Miya Asakawa in charge of series composition. The rest of the staff are:
- Main character design: Kikuchi Masayoshi
- Character design: Fujita Mayumi, Hatakeyama Gen
- Sub-character design: Kin Luho
- Prop design: Shirasaki Shiori
- Chief animation director: Kikuchi Masayoshi, Fujita Mayumi, Hatakeyama Gen, Kin Luho
- Art director: LeeHak Min
- Art setting: Arai Kazuhiro, Sakai Shunsuke
- Color design: Araki Ryusuke
- 3D director: Lim Jin San
- Director of photography: Kim Yong Ho
- Sound director: Aketagawa Jin
- Sound production: Magic Capsule
- Music: Okehazama Arisa (Kaito Co., Ltd.)
- Editing: Ueno Yusuke (Yanagi Editing Office)
- Video editing: Ray
- Backgrounds: Jumondou Seoul
- Cinematography: Jumondou
- Visual Director: Koji Sugimoto
- Animation Producers: Seiji Misaki, Hajime Kamata
- Production Desk: Shinichi Igawa
- Setting Production: Hiroto Terada, Moe Miyajima
- 3D Production: Seonghyuk Choi
The Barbarian’s Bride plot and other details
The Barbarian’s Bride is based on the manga of the same title by Noriaki Kotoba, and serialised in Kodansha’s shonen manga magazine Bessatsu Shonen Magazine since 2021, and is still ongoing. As of 2024, eight volumes have been released. The Barbarian’s Bride English license is handled by Seven Seas Entertainment for both print and digital, the official website describes the plot of the story as:
A captured knight finds herself betrothed to the leader of the very tribe she was sent to fight in this fantasy manga.
Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she’s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she’ll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand…in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren’t as barbaric as she was led to believe?
