Nigashita Sakana wa Ookikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ookisugita Ken


Always a Catch!

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Fish I Missed Was Big, But I Caught Another Fish Was Too Big., Nigetsuri
Japanese: 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
English: Always a Catch!
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Apr 2, 2026 to ?
Premiered: Spring 2026
Broadcast: Thursdays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: TROYCA
Genres: ComedyComedy, RomanceRomance
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.291 (scored by 43714,371 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #33722
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4497
Members: 32,614
Favorites: 63

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Synopsis

Maria, the daughter of a duke, grew up believing she would one day inherit her father's dukedom. Accordingly, she focused her attentions on honing her martial arts prowess, while thoughts of marriage fell by the wayside. But the arrival of a baby brother in her family means she's losing her role as heir! Now that she's decided it's time to marry after all, she's arrived a little late to the game! Are there even any eligible bachelors left?

Upon going to study abroad in a neighboring country where she might still stand a chance at getting hitched, she's bewildered when the crown prince there declares before all that his engagement to her is null and void! Wait... what engagement?!

Apparently, he's mistaken her for the wrong girl! But once that's all cleared up and he catches sight of her knocking out a whole pack of bandits, it turns out that this prince may have a thing for ass-kicking young ladies after all.

(Source: Square Enix)

Characters & Voice Actors

Annovazzi, Teodorico

Supporting
Yuikawa, Asaki
Japanese

Queen Dowager Rubini

Supporting
Hanawa, Eiko
Japanese

Idea

Supporting
Yasuno, Kiyono
Japanese

Nina

Supporting
Nemoto, Miyari
Japanese

Bartolomey

Supporting
Ishiya, Haruki
Japanese

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"Chikai wa Kyun to. (誓いはキュンと。)" by HoneyWorks feat. Airi Suzuki (愛理鈴木)
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Ending Theme

"DEAD OR LOVE" by Yoshino (吉乃)




Reviews

Apr 15, 2026
Preliminary (3/12 eps)
"Always a Catch" centers around our heroine Maria Annovazzi, or Mimi, as she is referred to most of the time. Her journey is to essentially find a husband. It is a simple premise, but it does well in it.

In the first episode, it does possess the typical cancelled engagement you see in a lot of villainess-adjacent series. However, it takes it in a much more comedic route. This series plays more like a lighthearted comedy where Mimi's character really comes to shine, and she is very eccentric in the best ways. She truly is a scatterbrained tomboy archtype done well.

The Japanese title's literal translation is ...
Apr 30, 2026
Preliminary (5/12 eps)
Sometimes, you don't want serious anime with dramatic plotlines. You might not even want structured comedy, with comedic situation making sense to occur. You just want to laid back, chill, laugh occasionally, look at cute girl to have fun in a fantasy world.
And this is perfect anime for this.

You would want to hug every character you will see here: most of them so far (5eps in) have cute, quirky personalities - from fan girl mother, to overly obsessed prince. And you will really wonder why everyone there looks like Brad Pitt level of pretty.
You will cheer female MC odd misadventures, clumsiness and absent-mindedness. And ...

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