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The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kuzushiro‘s Amayo no Tsuki (The Moon on a Rainy Night) manga revealed the main cast, additional staff, and the first promotional video on Wednesday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2027.

Voice actresses Sora Amamiya (Nijusseiki Denki Mokuroku) and Iori Saeki (Pon no Michi) are starring in the anime as Kanon Oikawa and Saki Kindaichi, respectively.

Staff
Assistant Director: Tsutomu Tomoyuki (Kizoku Tensei: Megumareta Umare kara Saikyou no Chikara wo Eru episode director), Seung-deok Kim (Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi)
Color Design: Haruko Nobori (Koori no Jouheki)
Art Director: Mai Ichioka (Darwin Jihen)
Director of Photography: Atsushi Satou (Kirei ni Shitemoraemasu ka.)
Editing: Masahiro Gotou (Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku?)
Sound Director: Nobuyuki Abe (Sasaki to Pii-chan)
Music: jizue (Hoshiai no Sora)
Animation Producer: Masao Yamamura (Migi to Dali)

Tomoe Makino (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai) is helming the anime at CompTown. Shougo Yasukawa (Rock wa Lady no Tashinami deshite) is handling the series composition and writing the script. Ayumi Nishihata (Shirobako) is designing the characters.

Kuzushiro began serializing the girls’ love drama web manga on the Comic Days website in June 2021. Kodansha released the 12th volume on June 19.

Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English in November 2022 and released the eighth volume in December 2025. The ninth volume is scheduled to go on sale on December 8.

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Source: Comic Natalie

The official website for the live-action series of Yamayade‘s Can You Kiss Me First? (Omae no Hou kara Kiss Shitekure yo) boys’ love manga presented a new teaser trailer for the series on Wednesday. The teaser announces and previews the series’ theme song “Shiranai” (I Don’t Know) by Urashimasakatasen.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, and will begin releasing it on September 29. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the story:

Ueno and Kanada seem like two complete opposites in the office. Ueno is an accountant who can strike fear into his co-workers with his strict and unbending ways. Meanwhile, Kanda is the superstar of the sales department—and thanks to his friendly and outgoing personality, he is even next in line to be manager! While most would think these two could never mesh, the truth is they’re actually very close friends outside of work. 

Kanda often crashes at Ueno’s place, and the two spend time with each other constantly, growing closer than most co-workers would. But when Ueno confesses to Kanada that he’s gay, a myriad of unsaid feelings begin to grow between them. Ueno has mixed feelings about how close and touchy Kanada can be, while Kanada is hung up on the fact that Ueno claimed he wasn’t his type! 

Can these two salarymen navigate their true feelings and realize the growing love between them?

The series will star Jin Suzuki (live-action Kimi ni Todoke, Teasing Master Takagi-san, left in visual on right) as Ueno, and Gaku Oshida (live-action Grapara!, Samurai Sensei, right) as Kanda.

Other cast members include (Note: Character name romanizations not official):

• Yoshiki Kanemaru as Tōma Fujisawa
• Tsubasa Kizu as Yūsuke Kobayashi
• Riko Kawase as Akira Mizoguchi
• Kōya Matsuda as Kōtarō Shirai

Meigetsu Takahashi is directing the series, with scripts by Emi Amamoto. Nobuhiro Tateno and Ami Yamashita are composing the music.

The series will premiere on Fuji TV on October 19, and will also stream on Fuji TV On Demand.

The manga was serialized on Renta! from March 2023 to April 2024. Takeshobo published one compiled book volume for the manga.

Sources: Can You Kiss Me First? live-action series website, Comic Natalie