Always a Catch!
逃がした魚は大きかったが釣りあげた魚が大きすぎた件
Nigashita Sakana wa Ookikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ookisugita Ken
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 12 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Spring 2026
- Studio
- TROYCA
- Based on
- Light novel
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Started
- 2 Apr 2026
- Ended
- 18 Jun 2026
- Score
- 71/100
Comedy Fantasy Romance Heterosexual Royal Affairs Female Protagonist Shoujo Tomboy Martial Arts Parody Ojou-sama
Born into a legendary ducal family, martial prodigy Maria “Mimi” Annovazzi loses her claim as heir and is suddenly ordered to marry into prestige. With no options left in her homeland, she transfers to a neighboring kingdom—only to be publicly dumped at graduation by a prince she’s never met over an engagement she didn’t even know she had! Will Maria be doomed to the life of a spinster?! (Source: Crunchyroll)
Where to watch
Source material
Nigashita Sakana wa Ookikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ookisugita Ken ↗ · 逃がした魚は大きかったが釣りあげた魚が大きすぎた件
Novel · Still publishing · 2021
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Akira Oguro
- Original creator
- Mayo Momoyo, Kaki Nagato
- Series Composition
- Michiko Yokote
- Character Design
- Isamu Suzuki
- Music
- Kana Hashiguchi, Natsuki Hamada
- Art Director
- Xiao Miao Li
- Sound Director
- Fumihiko Ōtera
Japanese voice cast
- Maria's Father: Tetsu Inada
- Queen Rubini: Yūko Kaida
- Aida Amethis: Saori Hayami
- Rosalia Pinotti: Rumi Ōkubo
- Eleonora Casciari: Kaori Maeda
- Renato di Rubini: Atsushi Tamaru
- Ireneo Marchei: Natsuki Hanae
- Maria Annovazzi: Yū Serizawa
Latest news
- 3 Jun 2026 Always a Catch! Anime Casts Kana Hanazawa
- 7 May 2026 Always a Catch! Anime Casts Asaki Yuikawa
- 30 Apr 2026 Always a Catch! Anime Casts Daiki Hamano, Wataru Komada
- 16 Apr 2026 Always a Catch! Anime Casts Yūko Kaida
- 3 Apr 2026 Muse Asia Streams 'Always a Catch!', Candy Caries, More Anime in India
Episode titles (12)
- 1. How I Searched For A Promising Catch
- 2. How I Caught the One That Got Away
- 3. How I Trained to Become a Lady
- 4. How the One That Got Away Was Troubled
- 5. How the One That Got Away Visited Home
- 6. How the One That Got Away Fought With Her Father
- 7. The Fists of the One That Got Away
- 8. The Secret Date of the One That Got Away
- 9. The One Who Got Away Plays Cupid
- 10. The One Who Got Away Prepares For a Ball
- 11. The One That Got Away Gets Dragged Into Romantic Trouble
- 12. How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince
Anime News Network readers rate it 6.71/10 (61 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Maria Annovazzi
マリーア・アンノヴァッツィ
Voiced by Yuu Serizawa
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Renato di Rubini
レナート・ディ・ルビーニ
Voiced by Atsushi Tamaru
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Aida Amethis
アイーダ・アメーティス
Voiced by Saori Hayami
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Placido di Rubini
プラチド・ディ・ルビーニ
Voiced by Shuuichirou Umeda
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Raimondo Cigata
ライモンド・チガータ
Voiced by Taku Yashiro
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Ireneo Marchei
イレネオ・マルケイ
Voiced by Natsuki Hanae
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.