Happinet has revealed a new PV trailer and three more cast members for the upcoming Danjo no Yujo wa Seiritsu suru? (Iya, Shinai!!) TV anime series. The anime is expected to premiere in Japan in April 2025.
The new trailer features the anime’s opening theme song “Shitsumon, Koitte Nandesho ka?” by HoneyWorks with HaKoniwalily.
The three new cast members include Ko Bonkohara as Shinji Makishima, Masaaki Mizunaka as Hibari Inuzuka, and Hisako Kanemoto as Sakura Natsume.
They join a main cast that stars Kikunosuke Toya as Yu Natsume, Sayumi Suzushiro as Himari Inuzuka, and Yuka Nukui as Rion Enomoto.
Yohei Suzuki (Sugar Apple Fairy Tale) is directing the anime series, with Nozu Yaemori as series screenwriter and Natsuki Oyama (2.5 Dimensional Seduction Episode 11 co-animation designer) as character designer. J.C.Staff is handling the animation production for the series.
Other staff include Pony Canyon’s Jun Ichikawa (Baban Baban Ban Vampire, Engaged to the Unidentified) as music composer and Magic Capsule’s Jin Aketagawa (The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) as sound director.
The anime is based on the romantic comedy light novel series written by Nana Nanana and illustrated by Parum. The light novels were first published by ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko label on January 9, 2021 and has released 11 volumes as of December 2024, which includes the second part of the fourth volume. A manga adaptation by Kamelie was launched in August 2021.
Danjo no Yujo wa Seiritsu suru? follows high school students and close friends Yu Natsume and Himari Inazuka, who first met in middle school festival. Going into high school, the two continue maintaining their distance as “best friends” of opposite genders, until the appearance of a cool and beautiful girl named Rion Enomoto, who was Yu’s first love, changes their lives.
