A new anime is in our future with the October 2022 announcement that the An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride light novel series is in the works. We recently got the formal confirmation of Crunchyroll picking up the show and now a new round of updates has come in. With the series previously set for a spring 2024 premiere, it made its debut with a formal premiere date of April 4th, 2024.
The latest update on the show has come in from Crunchyroll with this clip from the eighth episode where the whole family goes clothes shopping.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Yusuke Kobayashi as Zagan
- Kana Ichinose as Nephy
- Hana Hishikawa as Chastille
- Kisho Taniyama as Barbatos
- Akane Misaka as Foll
- Tetsu Inada as Raphael
- Ayasa Ito as Manuela
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as the Narrator
The property comes from writer Fumimori Teshima and illustrator COMTA which began in 2017 and has fifteen volumes so far with it ongoing. A manga adaptation produced by Hako Itagaki is also underway as serialized in Comic Fire which has nine volumes out and is ongoing. Both releases are done through J-Novel Club in English.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Zagan is feared by the masses as an evil sorcerer. Both socially awkward and foulmouthed, he spends his days studying sorcery while beating down any trespassers within his domain. One day he’s invited to a dark auction, and what he finds there is an elven slave girl of peerless beauty, Nephy. Having fallen in love at first sight, Zagan uses up his entire fortune to purchase her, but being a poor conversationalist, he has no idea how to properly interact with her. Thus, the awkward cohabitation of a sorcerer who has no idea how to convey his love and his slave who yearns for her master but has no idea how to appeal to him begins.
Previous promos and visuals:
