My Happy Marriage Reveals the Secrets Behind a Joyous Union

My Happy Marriage is taking viewers behind the scenes on the popular new Netflix anime.

Kadokawa uploaded a “Direction & Animation” video for My Happy Marriage in a short five-minute video, disclosing the thought and intention behind each scene. This is the first instalment of a documentary series.

Director Takehiro Kubota described how he created contrast with Miyo and Kiyoka’s first meeting. “I purposefully aimed for the end of Episode 1 to showcase Miyo and Kiyoka’s first meeting, peaking at Miyo being smitten by him.”

Layout & keyframe animator Chihiro Takahashi who lays out the blueprint of the anime, discussed the process of how they time things as well as any photography effects and lighting that needs to go into the final product. They discussed one particular scene of zooming into Miyo’s eyes where they found it difficult to get the timing correct. “I felt it was different from the timing I was expecting, so I had trouble with it even during the rough keyframe stages.”

In-betweener Mai Iwata, who draws the frames that fill the gaps between the keyframes. They discussed the process of drawing the in-betweens that will seamlessly join the frames together.

My Happy Marriage is a light novel series written by Akumi Agitogi and illustrated by Shōsetsuka ni Narō. The series follows an alternative version of the 19th century Meiji Restoration era where Miyo Saimori is married off to Kiyoka, a soldier whose ruthless and cold personality has been known to chase off his brides. With her life back at home an abusive one with her stepmother and stepsister, Miyo resigns herself to yet another unloving family but discovers her fiancé isn’t like what the rumours say.

The light novel series was adapted into an anime with Kinema Citrus animating and producing. Along with Kubota, Ami Satō, Takahito Ōnishi and Momoka Toyoda will write the script while Evan Call will compose. Reina Ueda voices Miyo, Kaito Ishikawa voices Kiyoka, Ayanae Sakura voices Kaya Saimori, Koutaro Nishiyama voices Kouji Tatsuishi, Hiro Shimono voices Yoshito Godou and Hook Kuwashima voices Yurie. The anime premiered on July 5, 2023.

My Happy Marriage is currently streaming on Netflix worldwide.

Source: Kadokawa