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Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui Anime Premieres on April 5, Manga Ends in 8th Volume
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official Twitter account for the television anime of Mogusu's Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui (It's Disgusting to Call This Love) "age-gap romantic comedy" manga series revealed on Sunday that the anime will premiere on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Hokkaido Bunka Hōsō, Miyazaki Broadcasting, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and BS Fuji on April 5, and it will begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video on March 29.
The official Twitter account for pixiv Comic's web manga site comic Pool also revealed on Sunday that the manga will end with its eighth volume on March 25. The Twitter account revealed the volume's cover art (seen below).
The anime's cast includes:
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Ryo Amakusa
Rena Hasegawa as Rio Amakusa
Junya Enoki as Kai Tamaru
Kana Hanazawa as Arie Matsushima
Ryohei Kimura as Masuda
Naomi Nakayama (Orange) is directing the anime at Nomad, with Taku Yamada (Rent-A-Girlfriend episode director) as assistant director. Yuuko Kakihara (Orange, Chihayafuru 2, Digimon Adventure tri.) is in charge of the series scripts. Mariko Fujita (Galaxy Angel, Rosario + Vampire, Urahara) is designing the characters, and is also serving as the chief animation director. Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Orange, Children of the Whales) is composing the music.
Other staff members include:
- Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
- Color Key: Naoko Kodama
- Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui
- Offline Editing: Chinami Watanabe
- Audio Director: Kisuke Koizumi
- Audio Production: Sonilude/BloomZ
- Animation Producer: Toru Ikawa
- Producer: Shunsuke Saito
- Executive Producer: Kouichirou Natsume
The story follows the relationship between Ryō Amakusa, a sex-crazed but highly eligible bachelor with a wandering eye for women, and Ichika Arima, an ordinary otaku high school girl who is close friends with Ryō's little sister Rio. Ryō and Ichika meet by chance one day, but Ryō's direct approach — asking Ichika for a kiss and a date on the same day they meet — is a complete turn-off for Ichika. Despite Ichika's disgusted reaction (or arguably because of it), Ryō is convinced that she is the one.
The series has been running on pixiv Comic's web manga site comic Pool since 2016, and Ichijinsha published the manga's seventh compiled book volume in January 2020. The series has topped 1 million copies in circulation (including the digital edition).
Sources: Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui anime's Twitter account, comic Pool's Twitter account
