The Ogre's Bride

About The Ogre's Bride

In a world where humans and ayakashi–supernatural beings–coexist, being chosen as an ayakashi’s bride is the ultimate honor. Yuzu, an ordinary schoolgirl, has been overlooked her whole life, eclipsed by the shadow of her sister Karin, a chosen bride.

The Ogre's Bride is an animation, science fiction, and fantasy series that ran on Gunma TV and Tokyo MX. It ran for one season of 12 episodes between July 2026 and September 2026.

Its themes are youkai, arranged marriage, supernatural ability, and romance. Saori Hayami appears as Yuzu Shinonome (voice), Yuuichirou Umehara as Reiya Kiryuin (voice), Manaka Iwami as Karin Shinonome (voice), and Ryota Osaka as Yota Kogetsu (voice).

Production companies include BS11, Contents Seed, and Nippan Group Holdings. It streams on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel in the United States.

High School DxD, Kamisama Kiss, and JUJUTSU KAISEN make useful companions to The Ogre's Bride, all filed under demon and based on light novel. TMDB voters put it at 9.3 out of 10 across 50 votes.