Kadokawa has locked January 2027 for The Kept Man of the Princess Knight anime, adapting Tōru Shirogane’s award-winning Dengeki Bunko light novel. Studio Blade produces, with Chihiro Kumano directing and Taku Iwasaki scoring. The noir-tinged dungeon-crawler follows Arwin, a princess-knight, and Matthew, her secretly powerful “kept man.” For fans of morally gray, atmosphere-driven storytelling over flashy power fantasy, this one may be worth watching.
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