According to an official post on its social media feed, fantasy light novel series The Kept Man of the Princess Knight is being adapted into a TV anime.Chihiro Kumano directs the newly announced TV anime at animation studio BLADE. Deko Akao provides the series composition and Hisao Ishii provides the character designs. Additionally, voice actors Junichi Suwabe and Mikako Komatsu are confirmed to reprise their roles from the special trailer (below) as Matthew and Arwin, respectively.
The original The Kept Man of the Princess Knight light novels are written by Toru Shirogane, illustrated by Saki Mashima and published in Japan by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Yen Press publishes an English language version of the series, and describes the story as follows:
The Dungeon City is a wicked place filled with crime, debauchery, and death. Its one shining light is Arwin, the beautiful Crimson Princess Knight. She and her brave party of adventurers descend into the dungeon at the city’s center, seeking a legendary treasure with the power to rebuild the princess’s fallen kingdom. Many yearn to be by her side, but that spot is already taken by Matthew, a man despised by all in town as a cowardly weakling. Everyone thinks he is scum who just spends her hard-earned money on booze, women, and gambling. No one in the city—not even the princess knight— knows what Matthew is truly capable of.
Source: Official press release
