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Always a Catch!

2026 · 1 season

A fluffy, brisk romantic comedy where a proud martial artist keeps getting flustered by ridiculous aristocratic mishaps.

Created by: Akira Oguro
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Yu Serizawa, Atsushi Tamaru, Saori Hayami

Overview: Born into a legendary ducal family, martial prodigy Maria “Mimi” Annovazzi loses her claim as heir and is suddenly ordered to marry into prestige. With no options left in her homeland, she transfers to a neighboring kingdom—only to be publicly dumped at graduation by a prince she’s never met over an engagement she didn’t even know she had! Will Maria be doomed to the life of a spinster?!

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Created by: Akira Oguro
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Yu Serizawa, Atsushi Tamaru, Saori Hayami

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
family
class
coming-of-age
Places: fantasy world
Era: timeless
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	3
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Akira Oguro
Written by: Michiko Yokote
Starring: Yu Serizawa, Atsushi Tamaru, Saori Hayami, Shuichiro Umeda, Taku Yashiro
Music: Kana Hashiguchi, Natsuki Hamada
Cinematography: Asami Kawai
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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