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Jun Miyamoto, 4 More Join “My Girlfriend is Shobitch” Cast


You know, I can’t make that joke a third time, so I think I’ll leave this one without the snark.

Earlier today, the official My Girlfriend is Shobitch anime website updated with five new cast reveals. The following roles were confirmed:

  • Seiya Hoshikawa: Arthur Lounsbery
  • Ichika Omori: Megumi Nakamura
  • Aoi Koshimizu: Iori Nomizu
  • Huyumi Kōsaka: Ayasa Itō
  • Natsuo Shinozaki: Jun Miyamoto

Visuals for the new cast members were also released, which you can check out below:

My Girlfriend is Shobitch will stream on Amazon’s Anime Strike service, though a specific date wasn’t specified as of press time. The show will début on Japanese TV on October 11. The full broadcast schedule is as follows:

  • AT-X: 10/11/2017 at 24:30 (10/12/2017 at 12:30AM)
  • Tokyo MX: 10/11/2017 at 25:05 (10/12/2017 at 1:05AM)
  • KBS Kyoto: 10/11/2017 at 25:05 (10/12/2017 at 1:05AM)
  • Sun TV: 10/11/2017 at 25:30 (10/12/2017 at 1:30AM)
  • MIE TV: 10/11/2017 at 26:20 (10/12/2017 at 2:20AM)
  • TVQ Kyushu: 10/11/2017 at 26:35 (10/12/2017 at 2:35AM)
  • Gifu Broadcasting: 10/12/2017 at 25:45 (10/13/2017 at 1:45AM)
  • BS11: 10/13/2017 at 25:00 (10/14/2017 at 1:00AM)

My Girlfriend is Shobitch is based on Namiru Matsumoto’s Boku no Kanojo ga Majime Sugiru Shojo Bitch na Ken (My Girlfriend is a Faithful Virgin Bitch). Nobuyoshi Nagayama was tapped to direct the project at diomedea, with Shōko Yasuda (Unlimited Fafnir) providing character designs. Hideki Shirane (Date A Live, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) is in charge of series composition.

Nippon Columbia will produce the title’s soundtrack.

The series will star the following:

  • Akiho Kōsaka: Aoi Yūki
  • Haruka Shinozaki: Mitsuhiro Ichiki
  • Shizuku Ariyama: Rarisa Tago Takeda
  • Rina Saijō: Natsumi Yamada
  • Kanata Shinozaki: Yuki Yagi
  • Saori Igarashi: Juri Nagatsuma
  • Sayo Shizumori: Miki Hase
  • Misaki Aikawa: Marin Mizutani

Aoi Yūki was also tapped to perform the show’s opening theme song.

Namiru Matsumoto’s original manga debuted on NicoNico Seiga on July 20, 2015. The series currently spans four collected volumes, the most recent of which hit stores on August 10.

Character visuals and a trailer were previously released to promote the project. You can check these out below:

Promo Video

Character Visuals

Source: MoCa News

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