The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Suisei’s There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her light novel series revealed a new key visual celebrating Christmas and announced the anime’s special ending theme song. Momo Sakurai (from ≠ME) and Aimi Ozawa (from ≒JOY) are also joining the cast as Shike and Misaki, respectively. Sakurai, Ozawa, and Iori Noguchi perform the special ending theme song “YES! Summer Love.”
There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her premieres on January 6 at 11:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX, HBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and BS11, and Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
Yoshino performs the opening theme song “Lavish!!” and Hiyori Omiya performs the ending theme song “Kimi Kōryaku Game (Capturing You Game).”
The cast includes:
- Kōhei Amasaki as Yōki
- Kana Hanazawa as Cecilia
- Ryōhei Kimura as Yūga
- Yūko Natsuyoshi as Mikana
- Toshiki Masuda as Duke
- Minami Tanaka as Seek
- Iori Noguchi as Happiness
- Ayumu Murase as Raven
Yasutaka Yamamoto is the chief director of the There was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her anime at animation studio Gekkou. Tomonori Mine is the director, Yukie Sugawara is writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Mina Ōsawa is the animation character designer.
Additionally, Satoru Kōsaki and MONACA are composing the music, and Ryō Aizawa is the producer at Starry Cube. Kairi, the author of the manga adaptation, is credited for the original work of the anime.
Lastly, here’s a synopsis for the series, via Crunchyroll:
Reincarnated as a mid-tier demon, Youki had one job: Crush the hero’s party. Then he saw the party’s priestess, Cecilia, and fell for her hard. Now this lovestruck demon vows to confess his feelings, even if it means betraying the Demon King. Will love bloom between these two sworn enemies?
