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Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha Anime's 3rd Video Unveils 2 More Cast Members, July 3 Debut
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The staff for the television anime of Okemaru's Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha (The Dreaming Man is a Realist) light novel series debuted the anime's third promotional video on Saturday. The video announces the anime's July 3 premiere and two more cast members:
The newly announced cast members are:
Minami Kurisaka as Fūka Sasaki
The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo on July 3 at 26:00 (effectively, July 4 at 2:00 a.m.) and it will also run on BS NTV, MBS, and AT-X, as well as exclusively on the ABEMA streaming service in Japan.
The anime stars:
- Naoya Miyase as Wataru Sajō
- Akiho Suzumoto as Aika Natsukawa
- Yumiri Hanamori as Kei Ashida
- Mikako Komatsu as Kaede Sajō
- Kaori Ishihara as Rin Shinomiya
Kazuomi Koga (Rent-A-Girlfriend, Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible) is directing the anime at Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) is in charge of the series scripts. Masaru Koseki (World’s End Harem, Demon King Daimao) is adapting Sabamizore's original character designs for animation. Hajime Takakuwa (Rent-A-Girlfriend, Spice and Wolf) is the sound director. Pony Canyon is producing the music.
The additional staff members include:
- Prop Designer: Shigeyuki Koresawa, Tom (both Digital Noise)
- Art Director: Chikako Shibata (Studio Kanon)
- Art Setting: Michiru Odaka (Digital Noise)
- Color Setting: Mayumi Tanahashi
- Special Effects: Naomasa Fukuda
- Director of Photography: Satoshi Yamamoto
- Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Sound Production: Dax Production
- Music: Ryōhei Sataka
- Animation Producer: Tetsuya Tomioka
Kaori Ishihara, who voices the character Rin Shinoyama, will perform the opening song "Paraglider," and Akiho Suzumoto, who plays Aika Natsukawa, will perform the ending song "Yume wa Mijikashi Koiseyo Otome" ("DREAMS are fleeting, fall in LOVE, girls!"). Both singles will release on August 2.
Okemaru launched the series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in December 2018, where it is ongoing. Hobby Japan is releasing the novels in print with illustrations by Sabamizore, and released the eighth volume on April 1. Popuri Yoshikita is drawing a manga adaptation, and Kadokawa released the third volume on November 25.
Sources: Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha anime's Twitter account, MoCa News
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