Production company Digital Shokunin has announced it is producing an anime adaptation of Amahara's manga 33-sai Dokushin Onna Kishi Taichō (33 Years Old Single Female Knight-Captain). The announcement was made on Friday (6) in Japan, as part of the work's 10th anniversary celebrations, and came with a commemorative music video, the official logo and the main characters' designs.
The music video, for the song "Boogieing Dance Kishi" ("Boogieing☆Dance Knight"), was released on the project's official YouTube channel, with vocals by Sekka, composition and arrangement by Suzumi and lyrics by both. The project has also opened official accounts on X (@33onakishianime) and YouTube to follow future updates.
An afterword joke that became an anime
According to Animehunch, the announcement came about a week after Amahara joked in the afterword of the manga's fourth volume about a possible anime adaptation for the 10th anniversary — and the teams at Digital Shokunin and publisher BookLive turned the joke into a real project.
The manga
Launched in October 2015 in KATTS' digital magazine Ananga Ranga, the manga follows Mail, a 33-year-old captain of the royal guard protecting the princess of a small kingdom, as she copes with an exhausting work routine. The work, an adult fantasy comedy, continues in irregular serialization with short one- or two-page chapters, and its fourth compiled volume was published by Flex Comics on January 15, 2026.
Amahara is also known as the co-creator of Interspecies Reviewers and the author of the original web manga version of The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace, which received an anime in 2021.
What has not been revealed yet
For now, there is no information about the animation studio beyond Digital Shokunin's production, nor about the cast, format or premiere date — the announcement was limited to the logo, the character designs and the music video. Further news should come through the project's official channels.
Sources
- Anime News Network — Amahara's 33 Years Old Single Girl Knight Captain Manga Gets Anime
- AnimeTV — 33 Years Old Single Female Knight-Captain Gets TV Anime Adaptation
- Yomimono — Amahara's 33 Years Old Single Female Knight-Captain Manga Gets Anime
Featured image: official visual for the anime. © 33歳独身女騎士隊長。/Amahara/Digital Shokunin, via Comic Natalie and Anime News Network.
Transparency: this article was produced with the help of artificial intelligence, based on cross-checking public sources on the internet and public posts on X, with editorial review. Always consult the original sources listed above.
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