Murai in Love Reveals New Visual, Trailer, Cast, and Release Dates for Broadcast and Disney+ Streaming

Murai in Love anime revealed a new visual and trailer, along with additional cast members, opening theme, and release dates for the Japanese broadcast and Disney+ streaming. The anime will begin showing in Japan on October 6, while it will be available for streaming exclusively on Disney+ from September 4.

Studio J.C. Staff is animating, while Rito from Strawberry Prince performs the opening theme song “Henshin!” (Transform).

The new cast members include Saori Goto as Yuka Saito, Mikoi Sasaki as Hitomi Saito, and Yuki Hirose as Yayoi Fukunaga. You can see all three alongside the previously announced cast in the new visual below.

The Murai in Love anime staff consists of Yoshinobu Yamakawa as the director, Susumu Yamakawa in charge of the series composition and screenplay, and Ruka Kawada as the music composer. The updated voice cast consists of:

• Kengo Takanashi as Murai
• Yoko Hikasa as Ayano Tanaka
• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Hitotose
• Kohei Amasaki as Kiriyama
• Haruki Ishiya as Hirai
• Masaya Matsukaze as Yamakado
• Hochu Otsuka as Narrator
• Saori Goto as Yuka Saito (NEW)
• Mikoi Sasaki as Hitomi Saito (NEW)
• Yuki Hirose as Yayoi Fukunaga (NEW)

Murai in Love is based on the manga written and illustrated by Junta Shima. It began in LINE’s manga service under Kadokawa’s Gene Line label in June 2018 and ended in June 2022 with a total of seven published volumes. The series received an 8-episode TV drama adaptation, which aired from April 6 to May 25, 2022. The anime adaptation was announced soon afterwards in June 2022.

Murai in Love follows Murai, a shy high schooler who is often invisible, has long hair, and is not someone you would consider exceptionally beautiful. One day, he confesses to a girl he loves, but gets turned down because she only has eyes for her games. However, the next morning, Murai wakes up and decides to change things up. He shows up looking like a completely different person with short dyed hair and clothes resembling Tanaka’s favorite character. All these things to win Tanaka over, but will he succeed?

Source: Official Website
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