Yu Serizawa is cast in two summer 2026 anime: as Haneko in The Cat and the Dragon and as Tida in A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even.
Yu Serizawa has been announced in two television anime roles for the summer 2026 season, both revealed within two days of each other. On June 4, 2026, she was cast as Haneko, a well-behaved cat who assists a prince struggling with magic, in the OLM-produced adaptation of Amara's light novel series The Cat and the Dragon. The series premieres on July 4 on Tokyo MX and other networks. The next day, June 5, Serizawa was announced as Tida, a traveling nun who uses healing magic, in the Studio Comet adaptation of Metabo Hagure's A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even, which debuts on July 6.
Both roles place Serizawa in supporting fantasy casts. In The Cat and the Dragon, she joins Makoto Koichi as the prince and Kazuya Ichijo as the king. In A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even, she joins Shizuka Ishigami as Elsa Archfield. The two series share series scriptwriter Mitsutaka Hirota, who handles series composition for The Cat and the Dragon and writes scripts for A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even. No other overlap in staff or cast has been reported.
The announcements establish Serizawa as active in the summer 2024 anime season with two distinct supporting roles in fantasy adaptations. No further projects or future plans for Serizawa have been disclosed in these stories.
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Jun 5
The television anime adaptation of Metabo Hagure's light novel series A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even will premiere on July 6, the production staff announced on Friday alongside a new trailer and two additional cast members. Yu Serizawa joins the cast as Tida, a traveling nun who uses healing magic, and Shizuka Ishigami voices Elsa Archfield, an A-rank adventurer and leader of the party Sharp Edge. The anime will air on AT-X at 10:30 p.m., followed by broadcasts on TV Tokyo and BS11. REMOW, which handles global licensing, will preview the first half of episode one at its Anime Expo industry panel on July 4 at 12:00 p.m. PDT. Naoyuki Kuzuya directs at Studio Comet, with series scripts by Mitsutaka Hirota and character designs by Sayaka Anezaki. Yui Ogura performs the opening theme "Q.E.D.," and Aguri Onishi performs the ending theme "Goodbye Lullaby." The story follows Elizabeth Leiston, a noblewoman publicly betrayed by her fiancé the crown prince and imprisoned, who escapes with seven powerful grimoires to exact revenge on her homeland. J-Novel Club licenses the light novel and manga in English.
Jun 4
The television anime adaptation of Amara's light novel series The Cat and the Dragon has announced its July 4 premiere date, along with a first promotional video and three additional cast members. The series will debut on Tokyo MX on July 4 at 9:00 p.m. JST, followed by broadcasts on BS NTV, Yomiuri TV, Nagasaki Culture Broadcasting, and AT-X throughout the following week. Streaming will be available on d Anime Store in Japan. The newly announced cast includes Yu Serizawa as Haneko, a well-behaved cat who assists a prince struggling with magic; Makoto Koichi as the kind-hearted prince; and Kazuya Ichijo as the king, who must negotiate with the dragon. The first PV shows the dragon visiting a human town and requesting an audience with the king, along with glimpses of Haneko teaching magic to a child. The anime is directed by Jin-Koo Oh at OLM, with series composition by Mitsutaka Hirota, character designs by Rie Nishino and Chiaki Kurakazu, and music by Takahiro Obata. The original web novel debuted on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in September 2013, and the series has sold over 1.4 million copies across its light novel and manga editions.