Always a Catch! Anime Adaptation Announced for Spring 2026

Mayo Momoyo’s novel “Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince” is officially getting a TV anime adaptation, set to premiere in spring 2026.

To celebrate the announcement, a teaser visual illustrated by character designer Isamu Suzuki has been revealed, along with a teaser PV offering a first glimpse of the upcoming series.

Teaser Trailer:

Teaser Visual:

CAST:
Yu Serizawa as Maria Annovazzi
Atsushi Tamaru as Renato di Rubini
Saori Hayami as Aida Amethis
Shuichiro Umeda as Placido di Rubini
Taku Yashiro as Raimondo Cigata

STAFF:
Director: Akira Oguro
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Character Design: Isamu Suzuki
Animation Production: TROYCA

Always a Catch! began as a 2020 short story by Mayo Momoyo on Shosetsuka ni Naro, later expanding into a sequel and a light novel series illustrated by Itsuki Mito. Published under Square Enix’s SQUEX Novel label since 2021, the series will release its sixth volume on November 7, 2025.

Square Enix publishes it in English on MangaPlus and in volume format, with the first volume’s synopsis as follows:

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…

Source: Comic Natalie

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