The There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… yuri anime has received a trailer and character visual, introducing the main cast of the story.
There are also new cast announcements, including Kana Ichinose as Satsuki Koto and Takako Tanaka as Kaho Koyanagi, and the reveal of the anime’s July premiere.
There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… (or WATANARE) is based on the light novel series written by Teren Mikami and illustrated by Eku Takeshima, which Seven Seas Entertainment describes as:
Awkward, introverted Amaori Renako is leaving her lonely middle school life behind, determined to become an outgoing and popular high schooler. Glamorous, confident Oduka Mai is Renako’s total opposite: wealthy, carefree, and a literal fashion model. Against the odds, the two girls form an immediate connection. Renako thinks she may have found the best friend of her dreams…until Mai’s love confession sends her feelings into a tailspin. Renako wants to prove to Mai that being BFFs is better than being girlfriends, but Mai is dead set on convincing Renako that they’re destined to be lovers!
Shueisha publishes the series under its Dash X Bunko label, and there are seven volumes as of December 2024. It has inspired a manga by Musshu.
Staff
• Director: Natsumi Uchinuma (storyboard artist and director for More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers ending animation, Episode 4 and 8)
• Series composer and screenwriter: Naruhisa Arakawa (More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers)
• Advisor: Takao Kato (More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers chief director)
• Animation production: studio MOTHER
Cast
• Kanna Nakamura as Renako Amaori.
• Saori Onishi as Mai Oduka
• Yukari Anzai as Ajisai Sena
Source: Press release
