Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Anime Shows Off First Visual

Joseph Luster January 15, 2020

Back in September, plans were revealed for a Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle anime, based on the manga by Kagiji Kumanomata. Now we have the anime’s first key visual, as well as info on who will be voicing the leading lady, Princess Syalis.

The lead role goes to none other than Inori Minase, known for roles like Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and Rem in Re:ZERO. You can see the sleepy princess doing her thing in the visual below.

Minase herself:

The original author shared a celebratory illustration on Twitter:

sleepy princess in the demon castle

VIZ Media publishes the manga in English and describes it like so:

She decides to while away the hours by sleeping, but getting a good night’s rest turns out to be a lot of work! She begins by fashioning a DIY pillow out of the fur of her Teddy Demon guards and an “air mattress” from the magical Shield of the Wind. The princess’s hapless demonic guards soon discover that their captive expects to be treated like, well, a princess. Things go from bad to worse—for her captors—when some of Princess Syalis’s schemes end in her untimely—if temporary—demise and she chooses the Forbidden Grimoire for her bedtime reading…

Via Animate Times