Nina the Starry Bride anime revealed the preview images for the upcoming episode 1. The staff for the first episode was also unveiled: Kazuho Kunimoto (Blue Archive The Animation episode 5) is the director, Yuka Yamada (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki episodes 9-11) is the scriptwriter, and Shinji Ushiro (Dropkick on My Devil! episode 11) is the storyboard artist. The anime is slated to premiere on Thursday, October 10, and will be available to stream on Crunchyroll.
Studio Signal.MD (Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop) is animating the series with Kenichiro Komaya (Kizuna no Allele) as the director. Yuka Yamada (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid) is supervising the series composition and script, Kyoko Taketani (Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs) is designing the characters and Natsumi Tabuchi (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) is composing the music. The cast includes:
- Minami Tanaka (Female Rover in Wuthering Waves) as Nina
- Yuichiro Umehara (Goblin Slayer in Goblin Slayer) as Azure
- Kouki Uchiyama (Izumi Miyamura in Horimiya) as Sett
Nina the Starry Bride is based on a manga series by Rikachi. It began its serialization in Kodansha’s Be Love in October 2019 and has 13 volumes available. It also won the Best Shojo Manga category at the 46th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards. Kodansha US is publishing the series in English and describes the plot as:
Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess…specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won’t give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another…?
Source: Official Website
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