Kadokawa just revealed additional cast members and a new key visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of Ayune Araragi’s Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love (Isshiki-san wa Koi o Shiritai.) manga.
The new cast members include:
- Haruki Ishiya as Danjuro Iwata
- Takuma Nagatsuka as Masato Nakatani
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Chikai Matsumoto
- Yū Wakui as Rena Yamakawa
The anime is set to air in January 2027. Riko Akechi will star as Isshiki Rinna Milford, while Shūichirō Umeda will play the role of Meishi Rokutanda. Kazuya Komai, known for his work on Pita-Ten, is directing the anime at Sakura Create. Deko Akao is handling the series scripts, and Shōhei Hamaguchi is designing the characters.
Additional staff members include:
- Prop Design: Noriyasu Murata
- CG Director: Satomi Nakajima
- CG Production: Studio Twinkle
- Color Key Artist: Akiko Saito
- Art Director: Yasutada Kato
- Compositing Director of Photography: Daisuke Horino
- Editing: Yūsuke Ueno
- Sound Director: Masanori Tsuchiya
- Music: MICHIRU
- Music Production: Kadokawa
Ayune Araragi first launched the Isshiki-san Wants to Know Romance manga in Kadokawa’s Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in June 2020, and Kadokawa published the manga’s ninth compiled volume on October 23.
Lastly, here’s a description of the series via MyAnimeList:
A maiden who doesn’t know what love is tries her hand at dating as a pseudo-couple!
Inspector Rinna, who is respected by everyone as a hard-working and serious policewoman, seems to be having trouble with her work lately. The reason for this is because she loses focus. It only happens when Meishi, the detective she works with, is around… So, she makes a choice…?
