Kadokawa announced that the next anime adaptation of Hajime Kamoshida’s Rascal Does Not Dream novel series is titled Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend will be a film opening in 2026, and the promotional video teases that the long-running story is reaching its finale.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus premiered on July 5, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series outside Japan. The English dub premiered a few weeks later on July 26 on Crunchyroll.
Conton Candy performs the opening theme song “Snowdrop.” The voice cast members for Uzuki Hirokawa, Ikumi Akagi, Sara Himeji, and Tōko Kirishima perform the ending theme song “Suiheisen wa Boku no Furukizu (The Horizon Is My Old Wound).”
The Japanese staff and cast of the Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus anime series includes:
Staff
- Original Work: Hajime Kamoshida (“Seishun Buta Yaro” series published by Dengeki Bunko)
- Original Illustration: Keji Mizoguchi
- Director: Soichi Masui
- Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani
- Character Design: Satomi Tamura
- Prop Design: Kota Michishita
- Art Setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa
- Art Supervisor: Satoshi Okubo
- Art Director: Hirofumi Sakagami
- Color Design: Asuka Yokota
- 3D Directors: Kengo Oda, Hazuki Tanaka
- Director of Photography: Xiaomu Yang
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
- Editor: Akinori Mishima
- Music: fox capture plan
- Animation Production: CloverWorks
- Produced by: AOBUTA Project
Cast
- Sakuta Azusagawa: Kaito Ishikawa
- Mai Sakurajima: Asami Seto
- Uzuki Hirokawa: Sora Amamiya
- Ikumi Akagi: Aya Yamane
- Sara Himeji: Konomi Kohara
- Miori Mito: Manaka Iwami
- Miniskirt Santa: Reina Ueda
- Kaede Azusagawa: Yurika Kubo
- Tomoe Koga: Nao Toyama
- Rio Futaba: Atsumi Tanezaki
- Nodoka Toyohama: Maaya Uchida
- Shoko Makinohara: Inori Minase
- Konomi Kohara as Sara Himeji
- Manaka Iwami as Miori Mitō
