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Anime Expo to Host “Kase-san And Morning Glories” US Premiere

Written By Samantha Ferreira

This lovely tale of teen romance will be hitting a ruly grand stage.

Anime Expo announced that Kase-san And Morning Glories (Asagao to Kase-san) will make its United States dรฉbut at Anime Expo 2018. The screening, which will be held on July 8, will be attended by Takuya Satล and producer Yลซsuke Terada.

Anime Expo started streaming a teaser trailer for the event, which you can check out below.

Kase-san and Morning Glories will opened on June 9 at twenty theaters, including the Shinjuku Baltic 9 and Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinema.

Kase-san and Morning Glories OVA Anime VisualTakuya Satล (Steins;Gate, Girls Beyond the Wasteland) directed the OVA at studio ZEXCS, with Kyuta Sakai providing character designs. rionos scored the show’s soundtrack.

Minami Takahashi and Ayane Sakura performed opening theme song Asu e no Tobira (Door to Tomorrow).

The voice cast includes:

  • Yui Yamada: Minami Takahashi
  • Tomoka Kase: Ayane Sakura
  • Mikawa: Ibuki Kido
  • Inoue-senpai: Minako Kotobuki
  • Coach: Yumi Uchiyama
  • Sensei: Masumi Asano
  • ??: Fukushi Ochiai

Hiromi Takashima’s Kase-san and… manga began publication in Shinshokan’s Hirari and Flash Wings magazines. The ongoing series currently spans three collected volumes, with the most recent hitting stores in November 2015. Asagao to Kase-san is the first story in the series.

Seven Seas currently holds the domestic rights to Kase-san and…. They describe the series as:

Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eyeโ€”the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls donโ€™t seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom?

Source: Twitter (AnimeExpo)

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Heraldโ€™s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. Sheโ€™s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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