A new teaser visual was released this Thursday for the anime film adaptation of Ao Haru Ride author Io Sakisaka’s Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare (Love Me, Love Me Not). Check it out below!
This new visual reveal was also accompanied by the announcement of additional cast. Kikuko Inoue, Hideyuki Tanaka, Aya Hisakawa, and Kaszuhiko Inoue are set to voice the parents of lead characters Akari and Yuna. Shun Horie and Ayane Sakura are set to play the leads’ classmates in the story. The previously-announced lead cast are:
· Marika Suzuki (in her first-ever voice acting role) as Yuna Ichihara, a shy girl who loves reading shoujo manga but hasn’t experienced love yet. She falls in love with Rio, Akari’s step-brother.
· Megumi Han as Akari Yamamoto, a girl who befriends the shy Yuna. She initially pushes Yuna to Inui, the latter’s childhood friend, but eventually falls for Inui herself.
· Soma Saito as Kazuomi Inui, Yuna’s childhood friend. He eventually falls for Akari, Yuna’s best friend.
· Nobunaga Shimazaki as Rio Yamamoto, Akari’s step-brother. Before his father married her mother, he was in love with her but had to suppress his feelings once they became step-siblings. Eventually he falls for Yuna but is hesitant to confess
The anime film will be directed by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (Say, “I Love You”, The Great Passage) with Erika Yoshida (Namu Amida Butsu! – Rendai Utena -) penning the scripts. Character design is done by Yuu Yamashita (Bunny Drop) and Yuuji Nomi (Whisper of the Heart, Say, “I Love You”) is in charge of composing the music. The film is produced by A-1 Pictures.
ICYMI, Omoi Omoware will also be getting a live-action movie which will be directed by Takahiro Miki. Miki also directed the live-action film adaptation of another Io Sakisaka manga, Ao Haru Ride. The live-action film is set for an August 2020 release.
Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare is Io Sakisaka’s latest work, which was first published in 2015. The series released its final chapter last April. Anime News Network describes the series’ plot as such:
“The story focuses on two girls whose stances on love are polar opposites. Yuna wants a love that’s like a dream. Akari thinks she can become better at love and is very realistic in her approach. The two heroines’ stories unfold beside two male main characters. Kazuomi doesn’t understand love. He asks, “What’s that, something tasty?” On the other hand, Rio won’t reject anyone who comes his way, as long as that person is cute.”
Source: Crunchyroll News