My Happy Marriage Anime Gets 2nd Season

The official Twitter account for the television anime of writer Akumi Agitogi and illustrator Tsukiho Tsukioka's My Happy Marriage (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon) light novel series announced on Thursday that the anime is getting a second season. Main cast members Reina Ueda (Miyo) and Kaito Ishikawa (Kiyoka) shared the announcement in an English-subtitled video:

The staff unveiled a visual for the announcement:

©2023 Akumi Agitogi, Tsukiho Tsukioka/KADOKAWA/My Happy Marriage Partners

Series artist Tsukioka drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement:

©2023 Akumi Agitogi, Tsukiho Tsukioka/KADOKAWA/My Happy Marriage Partners

The first season's 12th and final episode aired on Wednesday.

©2023 Akumi Agitogi, Tsukiho Tsukioka/KADOKAWA/My Happy Marriage Partners

The anime premiered on July 5. Netflix also began streaming the anime worldwide on July 5. The anime's first season had 12 episodes. The eighth novel volume will bundle an original anime titled "Shiawase no Katachi" (The Shape of Happiness) on Blu-ray Disc when it ships on March 15, 2024.

The anime stars:

• Reina Ueda as Miyo Saimori
• Kaito Ishikawa as Kiyoka Kudo
• Ayane Sakura as Kaya Saimori
• Kōtarō Nishiyama as Kōji Tatsuishi
• Houko Kuwashima as Yurie
• Hiro Shimono as Yoshito Godō
• Ryohei Kimura as Arata Tsuruki
• Yōko Hikasa as Hazuki Kudo

Takehiro Kubota (Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly) directed the series at Kinema Citrus (Made in Abyss). Takao Abo (22/7, Macross Frontier) was in charge of storyboards and supervision. Ami Satо̄, Takahito Ōnishi, and Momoka Toyoda oversaw the series scripts. Shōko Yasuda (Happy Sugar Life) designed the characters. Yuushi Koshida (Ghost in the Shell Arise) was the 3DCG director. Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) composed the music. Riria. performs the anime's opening theme song "Anata no Soba ni" (By Your Side)., while Kashitarō Itō performs the anime's ending theme song "Vita Philosophica."

Agitogi and Tsukioka launched the novel series in January 2019. Yen Press licensed the light novels, and it describes the story:

Born to a noble family, Miyo is raised by her abusive stepmother and married off to Kiyoka, a soldier so heartless his prior fiancées 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... This might just be her chance at finding true love and happiness.

Rito Kohsaka's manga adaptation debuted on Square Enix's Gangan Online website in December 2018. Square Enix Manga & Books is releasing the manga physically and digitally in English.

A live-action film adaptation of the novels opened in Japan on March 17. The film ranked 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.

The novels also inspired a stage play that ran at Tokyo's Theater 1010 from August 11-20.