The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Rin Komugi’s Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction (Marika-chan wa Kōkando wa Bukkowareteiru) manga announced that the first episode will stream early on AnimeFesta on March 13 at 5:00 p.m. JST, with the “on-air version” being free. The anime will make its TV premiere on April 5 at 25:00 JST (effectively, April 6 at 1:00 a.m. JST) on Tokyo MX and BS11.
Additionally, the website released information on the cast and staff of the anime, along with a new promotional video and key visual. The promotional video previews the theme song “Hakaritai Kōkando,” which will be performed by Maaya Uchida.
The cast of the anime include:
- Kōhei Amasaki as Kanata Kitami
- Maaya Uchida as Marika Chitose
- Ayasa Itō as Sayuki Toyotomi
- Yurie Igoma as Kokona Mikasa
- Rie Kugimiya as Niino Hidaka
Sumito Sasaki is directing the anime at Studio Leo. Masamitsu Ōtake and Scenario Engineering Institute are handling the series scripts, and Rena Nasu is designing the characters.
Additional staff members are:
- Chief Animation Director: Araiguma
- Color Key Artist: Kōji Usui
- Art Setting: Chan Do Kim Hwan
- Compositing Director of Photography: Sōichirō Arima
- Editing: Kōki Shinkai
- Sound Director: Hiroki Nishiyama
- Sound Production: Studio Mausu
The Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction manga launched in 2024, and Shueisha has been publishing the manga digitally. The manga will be releasing in print in 2026, starting with the first two volumes on April 17 in Japan. WWWave Corporation publishes the manga in English on the Coolmic platform.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via Coolmic:
Confessing to my childhood friend Marika was impossible for someone as unpopular as me. So, I did what any desperate boy would do—I wished upon a shooting star! When I woke up, that dream had come true?! I could see a love meter for people, just like in a love simulation game. Once I realized this was real and not a dream I went straight to see Marika. Her love meter was so low it had broken and practically fallen all the way to hell! If she hated me so much why was she so nice?! Is this how she really felt or…?!
