The Princess Cast Reads Like a Modern Rom-Com Highlight Reel
Each of Amaryllis' seven princesses has a clearly defined type, and the production paired every one of them with a busy, in-demand voice actress, per the announcement carried by Animate Times, a Japanese anime news site.
Aya Yamane plays first princess Flora, the easygoing, slightly airheaded eldest sister who hides superb athletic reflexes. Yoshino Aoyama, who voiced Hitori Gotō in Bocchi the Rock!, is second princess Kiara, a flower-loving tease. Miku Itō, Miku Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets, plays third princess Claire, a girl thoroughly in love with the idea of love.
Ayasa Itō voices fourth princess Mia, who wants to look grown-up but scares easily. Kana Ichinose, Fern in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, takes fifth princess Charlotte, the group's straight-laced voice of reason. Fūka Izumi plays the endlessly curious sixth princess Yuka, and Rina Kawaguchi, Nico Wakatsuki in Witch Watch, voices seventh princess Eliza, a cheerful girl who lives to eat.
Recording is already in progress. Aoyama says the sessions have a relaxed, friendly mood thanks to a cast made up largely of actresses her own age, while Miku Itō teases that the story hides a mystery streak underneath the rom-com.
The Ramparts of Ice Director Heads a Veteran Rom-Com Crew
Mankyū, who directed this spring's The Ramparts of Ice, helms the series. Series composition and scripts go to Keiichirō Ōchi of The Quintessential Quintuplets, which makes this show a reunion with Miku Itō. Masaru Koseki handles character designs, and Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ SMASH share animation production.
In a staff comment, Mankyū said the manga's hook was the sheltered purity the princesses carry beneath all the cuteness, and promised to treat the original's atmosphere and tempo as the top priority while adding the expressions and breathing only animation allows. Ōchi describes the project as a classic rom-com aimed straight down the middle of the genre, one that starts with a kiss.
The newly revealed teaser visual recreates the composition of volume 1's cover with the princesses in their anime designs, while a tangle of giant thorned briars creeps around the frame and gives the fairy-tale image an unsettling edge. Original creator Fiok Lee also drew a celebratory illustration of all seven princesses in gorgeous outfits. The creator has attended several recording sessions and says the studio's atmosphere is always fun, adding that the cast's performances were good enough to blow any nerves away.
What Is Seven Sleeping Beauties About?
Fiok Lee's manga has run in Kodansha's monthly seinen magazine Afternoon since 2023. The setup is a fairy tale run through a rom-com filter. A witch's curse has put the small kingdom of Amaryllis to sleep, and Alec, the painfully serious third prince of the kingdom of Rudbeckia, arrives to wake its sleeping princess with a kiss. He finds there are seven of them. The kisses work, but only on the princesses; the rest of the country sleeps on. With no idea why, Alec and the seven royals start living together while they hunt for the curse's real solution.
Eleven volumes are out in Japan, and volume 12 arrives on July 16, 2026.
Looking Ahead
The anime is set for 2027, with no season, broadcaster, or episode count announced yet. The official website is live alongside an X account, @seven_sleeping, and the site links short character-introduction videos for each princess.
There is no word yet on an international streaming partner, and the manga has no announced English edition so far. The next concrete date on the calendar is volume 12's Japanese release on July 16, 2026. After that, watch for a first trailer and a broadcast window.