Firefly Wedding Anime Has Premiered on Fuji TV’s Noitamina Block

Firefly Wedding is officially airing. The TV anime adaptation of Oreko Tachibana’s Meiji-era romantic thriller manga premiered yesterday, October 9, 2026, on Fuji TV’s Noitamina programming block, with Crunchyroll simulcasting the series internationally as it aired.

It’s the first major series from David Production, the studio behind JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, since Fire Force wrapped its run back in April.

A Marriage Proposal to an Assassin

Set in the Meiji era, the story follows Satoko Kirigaya, the beautiful daughter of a nobleman who appears to have everything going for her, except for a serious heart condition that leaves her with very little time to live. Satoko is determined to secure a marriage that redeems her worth in her family’s eyes before she dies, but those plans are thrown into chaos when she becomes the target of a mysterious assassin named Shinpei Gotō.

In a desperate bid to survive, Satoko makes an unusual proposal of her own: marriage. Her offer isn’t sincere, but Shinpei takes it seriously, and loves just as intensely as he kills, setting up a central tension between a woman trying to outmaneuver death and an assassin who finds himself drawn to his target.

Cast and Staff

Lynn voices Satoko Kirigaya, with Kōki Uchiyama as Shinpei Gotō. Kent Itō and Kenjirō Tsuda round out the main cast as Kōtarō Ogawa and Mitsueda, respectively.

Takahiro Kamei, known for directing the 2022 Urusei Yatsura reboot, directs the series at David Production, with Yukiko Aikei, whose credits include Your Lie in April and Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, designing the characters. Yūko Kakihara oversees series composition and scripts, and NOGRID composes the score. TOOBOE performs the ending theme, “Yumegokochi” (Trance).

Where to Watch

Firefly Wedding airs in Japan on Fuji TV’s Noitamina block, which runs Fridays at 11:30 p.m., meaning Episode 2 is expected October 16. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as part of its Fall 2026 lineup, with availability confirmed across North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS region, and the Indian Subcontinent. An English dub has also been confirmed, though it’s expected to follow the subtitled episodes rather than launch simultaneously.

The source manga began serialization on Shogakukan’s Manga ONE app in January 2023 and concluded its main story in February 2026, with Viz Media handling the English-language release. For more on what else premiered this season, our Fall 2026 anime schedule covers the rest of October’s new shows.

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