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The Remarried Empress: TV anime premieres in 2027 from TROYCA
Yoko Hikasa voices Navier; a first trailer shows the four main characters of the romance fantasy adaptation.
The Remarried Empress is getting a TV anime adaptation that is set to premiere in Japan in 2027. The production company HAYATE announced the adaptation of the Korean romance fantasy webtoon at New York Comic Con on October 8, 2026. A first official promo trailer shows the four main characters; at the same time, the studio, the production team and the Japanese cast have been confirmed.
Studio TROYCA and four main voice actors
TROYCA is responsible for the animation. Tetsuya Yanagisawa takes on the direction. Akiko Inoue writes the scripts and handles series composition, Jun Nakai designs the characters and Yuki Fukazawa composes the music. HAYATE stands behind the project as producer.
Yoko Hikasa voices the main character Navier, Empress of the Eastern Empire. Tomoaki Maeno takes on her husband Sovieshu, Ryohei Kimura his political rival Heinrey and Reina Ueda the court lady Rashta. All four characters can already be seen in official character images.
The production committee published the cast together with a teaser video on the official anime website.
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Empress Navier demands her remarriage
The story follows Navier, who has been prepared for her role as empress since childhood and rules the Eastern Empire together with her childhood friend and husband Sovieshu. When Sovieshu falls in love with his concubine Rashta and demands a divorce, Navier accepts. At the same time she asks for permission to marry Heinrey, the prince of the neighboring Western Kingdom.
The anime is based on source material by Alphatart, which SUMPUL illustrated and HereLee adapted as a webtoon. According to the official anime website, the series had reached 2.97 billion views worldwide by July 2026.
More webtoon anime at Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll has announced the distribution of the new 2027 anime and named Europe as a planned region. An exact start date, the episode count and details on a possible German dub are still missing.
The Remarried Empress is among the webtoon adaptations that HAYATE is developing together with LINE Digital Frontier and Crunchyroll. The Boxer is also getting an anime. Other adaptations of digital source material include Solo Leveling and other announced romance and fantasy productions such as Odebu Akujo.