It has been announced that Umehara Yuichiro and Nazuka Kaori will be appearing as voice actors in the TV anime "Douse, Koi Shimaunda.", which is based on the manga by Mitsui Haruka currently being serialized in the girls' manga magazine "Nakayoshi" (Kodansha). Umehara will play Tougo, the older brother of Hoshikawa Shugo, one of the childhood friends of the main character Nishino Miho, and Miho's first love, while Nazuka will play Shiraishi Manami, a music teacher at the high school Miho and her friends attend.
Umehara, who plays Hoshikawa Tougo, a character who has been incredibly popular since he was young, commented, "Although he is a childhood friend, he is a character who appears as a mentor to the main characters, so I tried to give him a slightly more mature air. However, he is a university student, so I thought it would be good to make him a character who seems a bit cheeky to real adults, but who still has traces of youth."
Nazuka, who plays Shiraishi Manami, who is very attached to Shugo, said, "I tried to keep a distance between her and the students, neither too kind nor too cold. If I leaned even a little too far to one side, it could lead to the wrong impression, so it was difficult to strike that balance."
It was also announced that the band Marcy will perform the ending theme, "Negaigoto." Marcy commented on the song, "The preciousness and joy of people thinking of each other from the bottom of their hearts can also be painful and heartbreaking at the same time. As I read the original work and the script, I was reminded of this once again as I was enveloped in the dazzling, fleeting, and sparkling story of youth. I want to be by your side no matter what. I wrote the song with as much of that wish as possible."
The series began serialization in Nakayoshi in December 2020. It depicts the heart-throbbing romance and youth of the protagonist Mizuho, who grew up in a seaside town, and her unique childhood friends, Teruzuki, Miku, Ai, and Shugo. The anime will be directed by Yamamoto Junichi and produced by Taifu Graphics. It will be broadcast on TBS, BS11, and other networks from January 2025.
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Nishino Mizuho: Arafuku Sakura▽Hazawa Teruzuki: Urawa Nozomi▽Kashiwagi Miku: Yoshitaka Shion▽Izumi Ai: Chiba Shoya▽Hoshikawa Shugo: Inomata Keiji▽Saito Ryosuke: Uemura Yuto▽Kurashiki Chinatsu: Tadokoro Azusa▽Hoshikawa Tougo: Umehara Yuichiro▽Shiraishi Manami: Nazuka Kaori
