Kadokawa has unveiled the second promotional video for the upcoming anime adaptation of Harunadon’s Even a Replica Can Fall in Love (Replica Datte, Koi o Suru) novel series, revealing additional cast and staff members, opening and ending theme songs, and the April 7 release date. shytaupe performs the opening theme song “Refrain,” and asmi performs the ending theme song “Awa.”
The newly announced cast members include:
- Yuki Takada as Ritsuko Hironaka
- Kaori Nazuka as Suzumi Mori
- Jun Fukuyama as Jun Mochizuki
- Rina Hidaka as Kozue Sato
- Shugo Nakamura as Haruka Yoshii
Previously announced cast members include Sumire Moroshi as Sunao Aikawa and Ryota Suzuki as Akiya Sanada. Ryuichi Kimura, known for his work on A Galaxy Next Door, is directing the Even a Replica Can Fall in Love anime at Voil. Tomoko Shinozuka is handling the series scripts and is also writing them with Misaki Morie. Eiji Abiko is designing the characters.
Newly announced staff members include:
- Art Director: Miwa Kawasaki
- Art Design: Tomoyasu Fujise
- Color Design: Makiko Doi
- Prop Design: Eriko Kubokawa
- Director of Photography: Shinji Tonsho
- Editing: Emi Onodera
- Sound Director: Ryuichi Kimura
- Music: Kanako Hara
- Music Production: KADOKAWA
Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh magazine has been serializing a manga adaptation by Momose Hanada since April 2023.
Lastly, Yen Press publishes the novel series in English, and it describes the story:
When she doesn’t feel well, when there’s a test, when she doesn’t want to go to school… I take her place. I’m her replica. I’m not meant for anything else. But that changed when I fell in love. I wear my hair up so the boy I fell for knows it’s me. We skip school and promise to meet again tomorrow, and every day after. I’m her replica. Everything about me is borrowed and empty, but my heart is mine.
