The Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts anime release date is in April 2023, the Spring 2023 anime season.
The anime was first announced back in January 2021, and the official website for the anime was opened in April 2022, announcing the 2023 premiere. In August 2022, a teaser trailer was released, revealing the main cast and staff.
Now the first trailer PV for Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts anime was released to corroborate the April 2023 premiere. The trailer depicts the encounter between Sariphi and Leonhart and introduces the main cast of characters of the show.
Here is the teaser PV released by the production team on the Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts official Youtube Channel:
The main cast of Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts anime
The newly announced main cast of the anime includes:
- Takuma Terashima (Shiroe in Log Horizon) as Anubis
- Chikahiro Kobayashi (Legoshi in Beastars) as Jormungand
- Megumi Han (Gon Freecs in Hunter x Hunter) as Amit
- Hiroyuki Yoshino (Firo Prochainezo in Baccano!) as Bennu
The previously announced main cast of the anime includes:
- Kana Hanazawa (Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) as Sariphi
- Satoshi Hino (Ainz Ooal Gown in Overlord) as Leonhart
- Yuka Nukui (Anne Halford in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale) as Cy
- Natsumi Fujiwara (Abigail Jones in Great Pretender) as Clops
More about the series
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts anime, also known as Niehime to Kemono no Ou in Japanese, is based on a manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Yu Tomofuji.
The manga was first serialized in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine from November 2015 to October 2020. The manga has been compiled into 15 tankobon volumes.
Yen Press has licensed the manga for English publication and published the 15th volume in April 2022.
To learn more about the plot of the Niehime to Kemono no Ou series and find out where you can read the manga, check out this piece on our website.
A new spinoff manga based on the original Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, titled The White Rabbit and the Beast Prince, has also started serialization in Hana to Yume magazine. It will release on January 20, 2023.
For more information on the series, check out the official Niehime to Kemono no Ou anime website.