{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f0ddd0ad7aefc85400ec546a","clusterId":"c_2b05172791beb18c130b282b","slug":"my-happy-marriage-special-episodes-set-for-october-25-with-new-opening-theme-by-riria","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"My Happy Marriage Special Episodes Set for October 25 With New Opening Theme by Riria.","summary":"Kadokawa announced on Friday that the three-episode My Happy Marriage special will air on TV Tokyo and other stations starting October 25 at 7:00 p.m. JST, with streaming on Netflix and other services beginning the same day at 8:30 p.m. JST. All three episodes arrive on the same day. A main promotional video reveals the opening theme, \"Shiawase de Namida ga Deru no wa.\" (Crying Tears of Happiness.), performed by Riria. Reina Ueda and Kaito Ishikawa return as Miyo and Kiyoka, and M.A.O plays new character Kimio Nagaba. Takehiro Kubota directs at Kinema Citrus and handles series composition, with Mika Tanaka and Ikuho Negi writing scripts and Evan Call composing music. Kashitaro Ito performs the ending theme. The special continues the story as Miyo and Kiyoka prepare for their wedding.","whyItMatters":"Kadokawa is keeping the special on the same Japanese broadcast and same-day Netflix pattern used for the second season, so the theatrical-length wedding arc reaches the global audience that drove the franchise's streaming growth without a separate overseas window.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe returning production team includes Shoko Yasuda as character designer with Hikaru Sato and Kuniyuki Ito, who was previously credited for sub-character design on the second season. Omi Noda moves up from background art on the second season to background art director, while Yoshinori Hishinuma returns for art setting and adds art supervision with Yoshihiro Sono.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnna Okamatsu returns as color designer from previous seasons.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMikio, Ryo Hirata, and Takeshi Takakura return for prop design.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTsunetaka Ema returns as compositing director of photography.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYuji Koshida returns as 3D director.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHALKA returns for kimono design, with hydekick as 2D artist.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMasayuki Kurosawa returns as editor.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTakahiro Ikeda returns as music director, with MIRACLE BUS credited for music production.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKisuke Koizumi returns as sound director, with Glovision credited for sound production.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKubota directed the first anime season and the 2024 OVA, and co-directed the second season with Masayuki Kojima. Mika Tanaka, who worked on production advancement for the first season, writes the script with Ikuho Negi. The second season premiered in January 2025 on Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and AT-X. The first season ran 12 episodes from July 2023, and the eighth novel volume bundled an original anime, \u0026#34;Shiawase no Katachi,\u0026#34; on Blu-ray Disc in March 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"My Happy Marriage's three special episodes drop on the same day, so the wedding build plays as one binge rather than weekly TV. Kinema Citrus has to hold three episodes' worth of momentum without a break.","twitterPost":"My Happy Marriage drops all three special episodes the same day, so Kinema Citrus is pacing a binge, not a weekly broadcast.","threadsPost":"All three My Happy Marriage special episodes arrive on the same day, which changes the shape of the story: no weekly gaps, no cliffhanger pacing, a single sitting. Kinema Citrus has to hold momentum across three episodes the viewer finishes in one night.","newsletterBlurb":"Kadokawa confirmed the My Happy Marriage special will air and stream on October 25, with all three episodes landing the same day. A new trailer introduces the opening theme by Riria. and the ending theme by Kashitaro Ito. The wedding arc continues Miyo and Kiyoka's story, with Reina Ueda and Kaito Ishikawa reprising their roles.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-01/my-happy-marriage-anime-special-main-promo-video-reveals-opening-theme-song/.242381\",\"title\":\"My Happy Marriage Anime Special's Main Promo Video Reveals Opening Theme Song\"},{\"source\":\"OtakuKart Anime\",\"url\":\"https://otakukart.com/my-happy-marriage-special-episodes-set-october-25-worldwide-netflix-premiere-with-new-trailer-and-opening-theme/\",\"title\":\"My Happy Marriage Special Episodes Set October 25 Worldwide Netflix Premiere With New Trailer and Opening Theme\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":11089,"outputTokens":1490,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791074964,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T00:43:37.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T00:48:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T00:48:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2b05172791beb18c130b282b","canonicalTitle":"My Happy Marriage Special Episodes Set October 25 Worldwide Netflix Premiere With New Trailer and Opening Theme","representativeArticleId":"a_8eee9c3c261482b1c20c283c","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"My Happy Marriage\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Kadokawa\"],\"people\":[\"Riria.\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T16:41:29.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T16:41:29.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T00:48:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-01/my-happy-marriage-anime-special-main-promo-video-reveals-opening-theme-song/.242381","title":"News\nMy Happy Marriage Anime Special's Main Promo Video Reveals Opening Theme Song"},{"source":"OtakuKart Anime","url":"https://otakukart.com/my-happy-marriage-special-episodes-set-october-25-worldwide-netflix-premiere-with-new-trailer-and-opening-theme/","title":"My Happy Marriage Special Episodes Set October 25 Worldwide Netflix Premiere With New Trailer and Opening Theme"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["My Happy Marriage"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Kadokawa"],"people":["Riria."],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The three-episode My Happy Marriage special premieres on TV Tokyo and other stations on October 25 at 7:00 p.m. JST, with all three episodes airing the same day.","Netflix and other streaming services begin carrying the My Happy Marriage special on October 25 at 8:30 p.m. JST.","Riria. performs the opening theme \"Shiawase de Namida ga Deru no wa.\" for the My Happy Marriage special.","Takehiro Kubota directs the My Happy Marriage special at Kinema Citrus and also handles series composition.","M.A.O plays the new character Kimio Nagaba in the My Happy Marriage special."]}