# 9 New Cast Members, New Visual Revealed for “Horimiya” Anime
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">All aboard the <em>Horimiya </em>hype train as we get more news for the series! A special livestreamed event for the upcoming anime series revealed nine new cast members, as well as a visual showing all the characters (see above photo!). The new cast are:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The TV anime series will premiere on January 9. The leads will be voiced by Haruka Tomatsu (Yuuki Asuna in <em>Sword Art Online</em>) as Hori and Kouki Uchiyama (Kei Tsukishima in <em>Haikyu!!</em>) as Miyamura. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Masashi Ishihama (<em>PERSONA 5 The Animation</em>) will be directing the TV anime series at CloverWorks. Series composition and script will be done by Takao Yoshioka (<em>High School DxD</em>), with character design by Haruko Iizuka (<em>Ensemble Stars!</em>) and music composition by Masaru Yokoyama (<em>Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans</em>). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Horimiya </span></em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">will also be getting a live-action film and movie. The film will premiere on February 5 for a limited period of one week, while the live-action TV series will premiere on February 16. The TV series was listed to have seven episodes. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Both the film and TV series will feature Oji Suzuka and Sayu Kubota as leads Miyamura and Hori, respectively. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Yen Press holds the license for the series’ English release, and they describe <em>Horimiya</em>’s story as such: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“At first glance, the ultra-popular Hori-san seems like a frivolous high school girl, but in reality, she's plain, pragmatic, and family-oriented. On the other hand, the bespectacled Miyamura-kun comes across as an average, gloomy high school fanboy, but he's actually an attractive young man who has a bad-boy streak and is covered in piercings and tattoos. When these two unexpectedly similar classmates have a random run-in outside of the classroom, a bubbly, sweet tale of school life begins!”</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Daisuke Hagiwara launched <em>Horimiya</em> in 2011 as a spinoff to the four-panel school comedy manga <em>Hori-san to Miyamura-kun</em> by HERO. Square Enix is publishing the series’ volumes in Japan, with 15 compiled volumes released so far. The original <em>Hori-san to Miyamura-kun </em>series had already received four OVA adaptations from 2012 to 2018. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Source: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-23/horimiya-tv-anime-unveils-9-more-cast-members-more-staff-new-visual/.166621">Anime News Network</a></span></p>
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