Suiseisha recently announced that the anime adaptation of Yuzu Kanzaki’s historical romance manga, Until You Bear My Child: The Substitute Bride and the Beast Soldier, will premiere on October 6.
The anime, which has been retitled Taisho Era Contract Marriage: The Substitute Bride and a Soldier’s Fierce Love, will be available on the AnimeFesta website and will later air on Tokyo MX and BS11 channels.
The anime features a talented cast, including Tenho Itsuka as Shintaro Kido, a young but ruthless soldier rumored to be seeking a wife purely to bear his children.
Sora Karasuma as Asako Tono, the strong-willed daughter of a viscount who steps in as a substitute bride for her sister, and Mashiro Sato as Hiroko Tono, Asako’s delicate younger sister.
The story revolves around Asako, a viscount’s daughter who has been sidelined by high society. When a marriage proposal arrives for her younger sister from Captain Kido, a cold and renowned soldier.
Asako steps in to protect her sister by becoming the substitute bride. Though the marriage is initially intended solely for producing an heir.
The relationship between Asako and Kido begins to develop in unexpected ways, blending sweet passion with fierce emotions.
This anime is part of AnimeFesta’s lineup, known for adapting manga with mature or risque content into short anime series.
AnimeFesta typically produces both censored TV versions and uncensored online versions of these adaptations, with the latter available on platforms like Coolmic with English subtitles. T
he original manga launched in 2022 and has since gained popularity, with the third volume set to be released in October.
The series joins a lineup of over 25 manga adaptations by AnimeFesta, continuing their trend of bringing adult-themed stories to a broader audience.
