أخبار Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction أنمي Reveals Cast, Staff, Theme Song, March 13 Debut

Kōhei Amasaki
,
Maaya Uchida
,
Ayasa Itō
,
Yurie Igoma
,
Rie Kugimiya
star
The official website for the television
anime
of
Rin Komugi
‘s
Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction
(
Marika-chan wa Kōkando wa Bukkowareteiru
) manga revealed on Wednesday the anime’s full promotional video, key visual, main cast, staff, and its advance streaming on
AnimeFesta
on March 13 (before its TV premiere on April 5). The video announces and previews the theme song “Hakaritai Kōkando” by Marika Chitose, as voiced by
Maaya Uchida
.
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Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction anime’s X/Twitter account
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The anime will star:
Kōhei Amasaki
as Kanata Kitami, a high school boy with a crush on his childhood friend, Marika
Image via
Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction franchise’s website
©小麦りん／Suiseisha Inc.
Maaya Uchida
as Marika Chitose, Kanata’s childhood friend who is very beautiful and popular in class
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Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction franchise’s website
©小麦りん／Suiseisha Inc.
Ayasa Itō
as Sayuki Toyotomi, an aloof girl who gives off troublemaking vibes in Kanata’s class
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Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction franchise’s website
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Yurie Igoma
as Kokona Mikasa, a cheerful girl in Kanata’s class who loves romantic comedies
Image via
Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction franchise’s website
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Rie Kugimiya
as Niino Hidaka, a beautiful girl who moved from Italy
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Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction franchise’s website
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Sumito Sasaki
(
The Share House’s Secret Rule
director,
PriPara
,
The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl
episode director) is directing the anime at
Studio Leo
.
Masamitsu Ōtake
and Scenario Engineering Institute are in charge of series scripts, and
Rena Nasu
(
Ren Arisugawa Is Actually a Girl
,
Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami
) is designing the characters.
Additional staff members are:
Chief Animation Director:
Araiguma
Color Key Artist:
Kōji Usui
Art Setting: Chan Do Kim Hwan
Compositing Director of Photography:
Sōichirō Arima
Editing:
Kōki Shinkai
Sound Director:
Hiroki Nishiyama
Sound Production:
Studio Mausu
The anime’s first episode will stream early on
AnimeFesta
on March 13 at 5:00 p.m. JST (4:00 a.m. EST), with the “on-air version” (as opposed to the uncut version) free to stream. The anime will then run on the
Tokyo MX
and
BS11
television channels on April 5 at 25:00 JST (effectively, April 6 at 1:00 a.m. JST).
WWWave Corporation
publishes
the romantic comedy manga in English on its
Coolmic
platform, and it describes the story:
Confessing to my childhood friend Marika was impossible for someone as unpopular as me. So, I did what any desperate boy would do—I wished upon a shooting star! When I woke up, that dream had come true?! I could see a love meter for people, just like in a love simulation game. Once I realized this was real and not a dream I went straight to see Marika. Her love meter was so low it had broken and practically fallen all the way to hell! If she hated me so much why was she so nice?! Is this how she really felt or…?!
The manga launched in 2024, and
Suiseisha
has been publishing the manga digitally.
Suiseisha
will start publishing the manga in print with the first and second volumes on April 17.
WWWave Corporation
owns the
ComicFesta
web manga service, as well as the
AnimeFesta
anime programming block.
AnimeFesta
(formerly
Anime Zone
and
ComicFesta Anime
) has produced short anime adaptations of over 30 manga from
ComicFesta
in the past eight years, with many of the manga being adult or risqué in nature. The first
AnimeFesta
anime was
On a Lustful Night Mingling with a Priest
(
Sōryo to Majiwaru Shikiyoku no Yoru ni…
), whose Japanese title has led to
AnimeFesta
anime sometimes being called “Sōryo-waku” (Sōryo-type) by fans. Most of the anime series have two different versions: a “broadcast” version (the censored version aired on television), and a “premium” uncensored version distributed online.
WWWave Corporation
releases many of the anime titles in English on its
Coolmic
website, and recently began releasing anime on
OceanVeil
.
Source:
Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction
franchise
‘s
website
via
Ota-Suke