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“Love Me, Love Me Not” Movie Gets Main Cast, Staff, Visual, & Trailer


On December 9, the Love Me, Love Me Not (Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare) anime movie’s official website updated with a new trailer and visual, as well as the core cast and crew members attached to the project.

We break the details down below.

Trailer

The 30-second promo offers a brief look at the film in action, as it previews the main cast’s performances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaADXfmywBc

Key Visual

The image features four images:

  • Kazuomi Inui looking off into the distance
  • A close-up of Rio Yamamoto
  • Yuna Ichihara and Akari Yamamoto posing against a cherry blossom and town background.

Love Me Love Me Not Visual

Staff

Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (The Great Passage, Shōnen Hollywood – Holly Stage for 49) will direct the film at A-1 Pictures, with Yuu Yamashita (Izetta: The Last Witch) providing character designs. Erika Yoshida () is writing the screenplay.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Editor: Akinori Mishima
  • Art Director: Yuka Hirama
  • Color Design: Nagisa Abe
  • CGI Director: Yuusuke Noma
  • Compositing Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Music: Yuuji Nomi
  • Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki

Cast

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Yuna Ichihara: Marika Suzuki
  • Akari Yamamoto: Megumi Han
  • Kazuomi Inui: Sōma Saitō
  • Rio Yamamoto: Nobunaga Shimazaki

A visual depicting all four characters was also revealed, which you can check out below.

Love Me Love Me Not Character Visual  - Yuna Ichihara - Akari Yamamoto - Kazuomi Inui - Rio Yamamoto
Clockwise from top-left: Yuna Ichihara, Akari Yamamoto, Kazuomi Inui, Rio Yamamoto

Love Me, Love Me Not will open on May 29, 2020.

Io Sakisaka’s Love Me, Love Me Not manga launched in the pages of Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret magazine in 2015. The twelve-volume series ran through May 13, 2019.

Viz Media holds the rights to the manga, which they describe as:

Four friends share the springtime of their youth together.

Fast friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites: Yuna is an idealist while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the oblivious Kazuomi join their ranks, love and friendship become quite complicated!

Source: Animate Times

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