The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Release Dates, Schedule and Episodes

A beautiful knight of the west gets a surprising marriage proposal in the strangely wholesome anime adaptation of Noriaki Kotoba’s The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King manga, also known as The Barbarian’s Bride! Final Weapon has everything you need to know about The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and much more about the new anime.

The story of The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King focuses on Serafina, the warrior princess of the west. Serafina gets captured by barbarian forces, but she isn’t going to be tortured. Instead, a handsome barbarian king proposes to her! She’s tempted to give up the sword for a wedding veil, giving rise to a romance arc for the ages. 

The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule

New episodes of The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King will release on Thursdays at 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King will be streaming with English subs and an English dub, and there will be 12 episodes in total.

Here are the release dates and schedule for The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King (subject to change):

• Episode 1 – April 9 – OUT NOW
• Episode 2 – April 16
• Episode 3 – April 23
• Episode 4 – April 30
• Episode 5 – May 7
• Episode 6 – May 14
• Episode 7 – May 21
• Episode 8 – May 28
• Episode 9 – June 4
• Episode 10 – June 11
• Episode 11 – June 18
• Episode 12 – June 25

New episodes of The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King will premiere at the following times (subject to change):

• Pacific Daylight Time: 5:30 a.m. PDT
• Mountain Daylight Time: 6:30 a.m. MDT
• Central Daylight Time: 7:30 a.m. CDT
• Eastern Daylight Time: 8:30 a.m. EDT
• Greenwich Mean Time: 12:30 p.m. GMT

OP/ED, Cast and Staff

Mayu Maeshima

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Mayu Maeshima performs the opening theme song “Beautiful” and sajou no hana performs the ending theme song “Shiru Beki Koto.”

The cast of the anime includes: 

• Sayumi Suzushiro as Serafina de Lavillant
• Satoshi Inomata as Veor
• Hana Hishikawa as Cersei
• Aki Toyosaki as Alyssa Marsius
• Miyu Tomita as Kimaki
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Sidius
• Hisako Kanemoto as Kofa
• Ayaka Asai as Vyufmec
• Yūsuke Kobayashi as Calca Lot
• Yurika Kubo as Nimuhara
• Kōichi Sōma as Vas
• Yasuhiro Kikuchi as Guas
• Shinpachi Tsuji as Balhas
• Yō Taichi as Nyrea

Takayuki Tanaka directs the anime at studio Jumondo. Miya Asakawa is in charge of series scripts. Masayoshi Kikuchi is the main character designer, Mayumi Fujita and Hajime Hatakeyama are credited for character design, and Lo Ho Kim is the sub-character designer. Kikuchi, Fujita, Hatakeyama, and Kim also serve as chief animation directors. Arisa Okehazama is the music composers.

Other staff members include:

• Prop Design: Shiori Shirazaki
• Art Director: Hak Min Lee
• Art Setting: Kazuhiro Arai, Shunsuke Sakai
• Color Key Artist: Ryūsuke Araki
• 3D Director: Jin San Lim
• Compositing Director of Photography: Yong-Chan Kim
• Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
• Sound Production: Magic Capsule
• Editing: Yūsuke Ueno (Yanagi Editing Room)
• Video Editing: Ray
• Backgrounds: Jumondo Seoul
• Photography: Jumondo Seoul
• Visual Director: Kōji Sugimoto
• Animation Producer: Seiji Misaki, Hajime Kamata
• Production Desk: Shinichi Igawa
• Setting Production: Hiroto Terada, Moe Miyajima
• 3D Production: Seong Hyuk Choi

Where Can I Watch The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King?

Crunchyroll will stream The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King worldwide, excluding Japan and mainland China. In Japan, the anime is airing on the AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and Kansai TV channels, along with the WOWOW streaming service. 

What is The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King About?

Kotoba launched the manga in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in January 2021, and K MANGA releases the manga in English digitally. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English.

Seven Seas Entertainment describes the story as follows: 

Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she’s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she’ll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand…in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren’t as barbaric as she was led to believe?