The Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess light novel series is getting a TV anime, which will premiere in 2026. A teaser visual has been released.
The main production credits include:
• Director: Junichi Yamamoto (Maebashi Witches, More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers)
• Character designer: Miki Matsumoto (Summer Time Rendering)
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Akiko Inoue (GeGeGe no Kitaro Season 6 and One Piece co-scriptwriter)
• Animation production: Ashi Production
The Observation Records of My Fiancée (Jishou Akuyaku Reijou na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku.) books are written by Shiki and illustrated by Wan Hachipisu. Alphapolis publishes the series, which started in 2017 and has two volumes as of that same year, under the Regina Books label.
Hanashi Media describes the premise as:
Exceptionally gifted to his own detriment, Prince Cecil had always found life effortlessly mundane. One ordinary day, his life took an unexpected turn when he became engaged to Miss Bertia, the Chancellor’s daughter. This engagement, however, was anything but typical.
“Prince Cecil! I must confess – I am the villain of this story!” Bertia’s declaration was startling. She claimed to have memories of her former life, where she had been the antagonist in a “Otome game”. Her lofty ambition was to excel as a villainess and thus have her engagement annulled. However, despite her plans for various misdeeds, her attempts have always been unsuccessful.
Is her fiancé, who aspires to master villainous finesse, simply misguided in his endeavours?
Observation Records of My Fiancée started as a Shousetsuka ni Narou web novel. The light novels have inspired a manga.
There is also a sequel series titled Jishou Akuyaku Reijou na Tsuma no Kansatsu Kiroku, which will see the simultaneous release of its fifth volume and its manga’s third volume on May 27, 2025 JST.
Source: Press release (via Comic Natalie)
