Square Enix held a panel for the Tales of Wedding Rings anime at AnimeJapan 2023, and it revealed a new trailer for the anime, the show’s key visual, and also the main cast members!
The trailer previews the show’s story, with Satou finding out that his childhood friend is actually from another world, and going as far as to follow her into this new world so he can profess his love to her until he’s now made to also fight the for this new world as King of Rings!
New cast members that were revealed during the stream includedMiyuri Shimabukuro as Nephrites, Miyuri Shimabukuro as Nephrites, Ueda Hitomi as Granart, Ai Kakuma as Saphir, and Mikako Komatsu as Amber.
The Tales of Wedding Rings anime is set to debut in 2024.
▍Tales of Wedding Rings Anime Trailer
▍Tales of Wedding Rings Cast
■ Satou – CV: Gen Sato
An ordinary male student, he’s Hime’s childhood friend, and while their relationship is that of childhood friends, he’s secretly in love with her going as far as to follow Hime’s world ash when she returns to her world to fight the abyss. As the bearer of the Ring of Light, he’s destined to defeat the King of the Abyss.
■ Hime – CV: Akari Kitō
Although she looks like an ordinary school, she’s actually the princess of Nokanatika, the land of light in another world and the wielder of the Ring of Light. She escapes her own world to hide from the Abyss King’s clutches ever since she was a child and became Satou’s childhood friend and eventually sweetheart. She’s a great cook and has a homely side to her.
■ Nephrites – CV: Miyuri Shimabukuro
The princess of Romka, the Land of the Winds, and the owner of the Wind Ring, she hails from the Elf race. He is shy and withdrawn, but also curious about the outside world
and definitely isn’t weak of heart. She has a very protective older brother.
■ Granart – CV: Ueda Hitomi
The princess of Niedakitta, the Land of Fire, and the owner of the Ring of Fire, she hails from a race of cat people. As the leader of the mercenary group, she devotes himself to duels every day. Because of how she’s been raised, she only prefers men that are stronger than her.
■ Saphir – CV: Ai Kakuma
The Princess of Martha, is the land of water and comes from a race of Dragon people. Her way of speaking is fairly old-fashioned. Her magical powers are vast but she has a fairly lazy personality. She’s rather unlike her twin sister, with her being small in various ways.
■ Amber – CV: Mikako Komatsu
A construct created to mimic the Dwarven Princess of Idonokan which has been reduced to ruins. She was given the Ring of Earth. She’s fairly stoic, rarely revealing her emotions, but has a fairly playful side to her occasionally telling jokes.
▍Tales of Wedding Rings Staff
Original Work: Maybe
Director: Takashi Naotani
Series Composition: Deko Akao
Character Design: Saori Nakashiki
Animation Production: Staple Entertainment
▍About Tales of Wedding Rings
Tales of Wedding Rings is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Maybe. It started serialization in Monthly Big Gangan in March 2014 and has been published in twelve volumes thus far.
Tales of Wedding Rings centers on Satou, an ordinary student who secretly had feelings for his childhood friend Hime. One day, when Satou decides to confess his feelings to Hime, she suddenly tells him that she has to move to a faraway place. Unable to give up on his love, Satou pursues Hime and suddenly finds himself in another world.
As it turns out, Hime is one of the five Princesses of the Ring in this other world. Satou is suddenly asked by Hime to marry her, and as the heroic Ring-King he must confront the threats to the world, and in order to draw out the true power of the ring, he must marry the remaining four princesses as well…?
