Voices of class president & her friend in 2025 romantic comedy
The official website for the 2025 television anime of Fuyu Azuma‘s Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun) manga announced two more cast members with short character introduction videos on Friday:
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BookWalker Global and MangaPlaza are both publishing the manga in English. BookWalker Global describes the story:
Kashiwada is a girl who never shows emotions on her face. Oota always tries to surprise her…but never succeeds.
Kashiwada and Oota are classmates at a junior high school.
Oota is always thinking of pranks to surprise Kashiwada, but he always fails. Kashiwada likes to look at Oota, for he shows his emotions on his face too much. They look like opposite type of people, but they both care about each other.
“Look, Oota is up to something…” Other classmates love to see the unique relationship between them.A heart-warming love comedy which takes place in an ordinary junior high school in Japan.
The anime stars:
Tomohiro Kamitani (MIX Season 2, Katana Maidens – Tomoshibi) is directing the anime at STUDIO POLON. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop) is overseeing the series scripts, and Naoto Nakamura (A Certain Magical Index II) is the character designer and chief animation director. Yukari Hashimoto (Mr. Osomatsu) and Tetsuya Shitara (Matsuinu) are composing the music
Other staff members include:
Azuma launched the manga on Kadokawa‘s Dra Dra Sharp# site in July 2018. Kadokawa published the manga’s 10th and final compiled book volume in July 2023. Kadokawa published the first volume of the Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun+ manga in May 2024.
Seven Arcs previously animated an ad for the manga in 2022.
Source: Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun anime’s website via Ota-Suke
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