{"id":1034386,"date":"2026-08-31T05:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1034386\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:41:16","slug":"my-happy-marriage-anime-special-airs-on-october-25-with-all-3-episodes-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1034386\/","title":{"rendered":"My Happy Marriage Anime Special Airs on October 25 With All 3 Episodes &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kadokawa<\/a> revealed on Monday all three episodes of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-04-09\/my-happy-marriage-series-reveals-new-anime-in-production-following-2nd-season-finale\/.223367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-pasted=\"true\">anime<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-11-21\/my-happy-marriage-anime-gets-3-episode-special-in-2026\/.231270\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">special<\/a> for the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-04-05\/my-happy-marriage-novel-series-gets-tv-anime\/.184391\" target=\"_blank\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">anime<\/a> based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=221789\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akumi Agitogi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=221790\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tsukiho Tsukioka<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=38040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Happy Marriage<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=25456\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon<\/a>) light novel series will air and stream on October 25. The company also revealed a new teaser trailer, a new cast member, and the ending theme song artist.<\/p>\n<p>The below teaser previews the ending theme song &#8220;Prelude no Temae ni: ~for me&amp;you~&#8221; (Right Before the Prelude: for me&amp;you&#8221;) by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=199469\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kashitar\u014d It\u014d<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=123756\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M.A.O<\/a> plays the new character Kimio Nagaba.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Cast image for M.A.O as Kimio Nagaba\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/241115\/happymarriage.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 \u984e\u6728\u3042\u304f\u307f\u30fb\u6708\u5ca1\u6708\u7a42\/KADOKAWA\/\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u5e78\u305b\u306a\u7d50\u5a5a\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>The special will air on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=262\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Tokyo<\/a> and other stations starting on October 25 at 7:00 p.m. JST, and will stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10441\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> and other services starting on the same day at 8:30 p.m. JST.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" alt=\"mini_kv\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.9\/231270\/mini_kv.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u984e\u6728\u3042\u304f\u307f\u30fb\u6708\u5ca1\u6708\u7a42\/KADOKAWA\/\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u5e78\u305b\u306a\u7d50\u5a5a\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p data-pasted=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=116390\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reina Ueda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=114052\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaito Ishikawa<\/a> return from previous anime seasons as Miyo and Kudo, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=126140\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takehiro Kubota<\/a> \u2014 who directed the first anime season, the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=35\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OVA<\/a>, and co-directed the second season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=2637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masayuki Kojima<\/a> \u2014 is returning to direct the three-episode special at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7744\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kinema Citrus<\/a>. Kubota is also in charge of series composition for the special. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=89325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mika Tanaka<\/a>, who worked on production advancement for the first season, will pen the script alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=240189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ikuho Negi<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=98983\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sh\u014dko Yasuda<\/a> returns as character designer alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=274729\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hikaru Sato<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=95618\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kuniyuki It\u014d<\/a> (It\u014d was previously credited for sub-character design for the second season). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=123974\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Call<\/a> returns to compose the music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=148652\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Okamatsu<\/a> returns as color designer from previous seasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=258144\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Omi Noda<\/a>, who previously worked on background art in the second season, is now the background art director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=13745\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yoshinori Hishinuma<\/a> returns for art setting and is additionally credited for art supervision alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=56495\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yoshihiro Sono<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=209884\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=79092\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ry\u014d Hirata<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=4571\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takeshi Takakura<\/a> return for prop design. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=40052\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tsunetaka Ema<\/a> returns as compositing director of photography. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=112869\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Y\u016bji Koshida<\/a> returns as the 3D director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=222405\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HALKA<\/a> returns for kimono design. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=172657\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hydekick<\/a> returns as 2D artist. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=18097\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masayuki Kurosawa<\/a> returns as editor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=199408\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takahiro Ikeda<\/a> is once again the music director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=19409\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MIRACLE BUS<\/a> is credited for music production. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=30629\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kisuke Koizumi<\/a> returns as sound director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=1808\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glovision<\/a> is credited for sound production.<\/p>\n<p>The second season premiered in January 2025 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=13028\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo MX<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10651\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BS11<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4315\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KBS Kyoto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sun TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Aichi<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=518\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AT-X<\/a>. Netflix and other services also began\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/daily-briefs\/2024-12-11\/netflix-streams-my-happy-marriage-season-2-on-january-6\/.218886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">streaming<\/a> the season at the same time it premiered on broadcast television.<\/p>\n<p>The first season premiered in July 2023 with 12 episodes. Netflix also began streaming the anime worldwide in July 2023. The eighth novel volume <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-07-07\/my-happy-marriage-gets-ova-bundled-with-8th-novel-volume\/.200050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bundled<\/a> an original anime titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=7016\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shiawase no Katachi<\/a>&#8221; (The Shape of Happiness) on Blu-ray Disc when it shipped in March 2024. The OVA also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-10-24\/my-happy-marriage-anime-ova-episode-to-stream-worldwide-on-netflix-on-november-22\/.217116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">streamed<\/a> simultaneously worldwide on Netflix and other streaming services in November 2024, on &#8220;Good Couples Day&#8221; in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Agitogi and Tsukioka launched the novel series in January 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=6612\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yen Press<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2021-06-25\/yen-press-licenses-2-manga-2-light-novels-for-december\/.174443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">licensed<\/a> the light novels, and it describes the story:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Born to a noble family, Miyo is raised by her abusive stepmother and married off to Kiyoka, a soldier so heartless his prior fianc\u00e9es fled within three days into their engagement. With no home to return to, Miyo slowly starts to open her heart to her cold and pale husband-to-be, despite their rocky introduction&#8230; This might just be her chance at finding true love and happiness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=48390\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rito Kohsaka<\/a>&#8216;s manga adaptation debuted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=1998\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Square Enix<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=12369\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gangan Online<\/a> website in December 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=19069\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Square Enix Manga &amp; Books<\/a> is releasing the manga physically and digitally in English.<\/p>\n<p>A live-action film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-04-25\/my-happy-marriage-novel-series-gets-live-action-film-in-spring-2023\/.184969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">adaptation<\/a> of the novels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-10-13\/live-action-my-happy-marriage-film-teaser-reveals-march-17-opening\/.190795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opened<\/a> in Japan in March 2023. The film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-03-21\/live-action-my-happy-marriage-film-opens-at-no.1-shin-kamen-rider-opens-at-no.2\/.196177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ranked<\/a> at #1 in its opening weekend, and sold 479,700 tickets to earn 654 million yen (about US$4.97 million) in its first three days.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press release<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kadokawa revealed on Monday all three episodes of the\u00a0anime\u00a0special for the television anime based on Akumi Agitogi and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1034387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[171,173,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1034386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117188525548949743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1034387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}