A grown-up romance will come in Nina the Starry Bride
On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Rikachi, "Nina the Starry Bride (Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina)", the first promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms the production team and voice cast of the project, and lists that the premiere is scheduled for the Fall-2024 season (October-December) in Japan.
Rikachi began publishing the manga through Kodansha's Be-Love magazine in October 2019. The work won the Best Shoujo Manga Award at the Kodansha Manga Awards in 2022. He also wrote other plays such as "Meiji Hiiro Kitan (A Scarlet Romance of the Meiji Era)" and "Sorairo Girlfriend (Sky-colored Girlfriend)".
Voice Cast
- Minami Tanaka as Nina
- Yuichiro Umehara as Azure Seth Fortuna
- Kouki Uchiyama as Seto
Production Equipment
- Kenichirou Komaya (Shinkalion: Change the World, Kizuna no Allele, Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka) is directing the anime at Signal.MD studios.
- Yuka Yamada (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon, Mushishi, Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Kyouko Taketani (Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san, SPY×FAMILY, Ousama Ranking) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- Natsumi Tabuchi (Majo to Yajuu, Go-toubun no Hanayome, Slow Loop) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Nina the Starry Bride
Five years ago, a plague wiped out much of the population of the land of Fortna. Nina, a girl with unique deep blue eyes, counts her parents among the victims of the pandemic. To survive, he teams up with a couple of fellow orphans and starts stealing from the rich. Unfortunately, Nina's life is struck again by tragedy when she is kidnapped by a group of mysterious men. His main captor turns out to be none other than Azure Seth Fortna, the second prince of the royal family. Her half-sister Alisha, a recluse princess priestess, died in an accident before marrying the crown prince of the neighboring kingdom of Galgada.
Although Nina doesn't look the slightest bit like the late princess, they do share one characteristic: their eye color, unique in the world. Intent on preventing a war between the two kingdoms, Azure plans to use Nina under the false pretense that she is the real Alisha. With nothing left to lose, Nina reluctantly accepts the prince's proposal to replace her deceased sister. Pretending to be royalty is no easy feat, but Azure helps Nina until her departure. The fate of two nations rests on Nina's shoulders, and she will make sure the stars are on her side.
Source: Comic Natalie
(c)リカチ・講談社/「星降る王国のニナ」製作委員会
