The Kept Man of the Princess Knight Novels Get TV Anime
Kadokawa announced on Sunday that Toru Shirogane's The Kept Man of the Princess Knight (Himekishi-sama no Himo) light novel series will receive an anime adaptation.The announcement trailer previews the voices of Arwin and Matthew. The series stars Mikako Komatsu as the princess knight Arwin (left below) and Junichi Suwabe (right) as her kept man Matthew. Yen Press publishes the novels in English and describes the story: Shirogane's light novel series reached over 200,000 copies in circulation and won the 28th annual Dengeki Novel Awards grand prize. Kadokawa shipped the sixth novel volume on August 9. Yen Press shipped the third volume on October 15 and will ship the fourth volume on April 1.Keyyang launched a manga adaptation of the light novel series. Kadokawa shipped the third compiled book volume on December 26. Yen Press publishes the manga in English and shipped the second compiled book volume on December 17.Sources: e-mail correspondence, Dengeki Bunko's YouTube channel
