Based on the romantic comedy manga by Reiji Miyajima, Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 3 anime introduced Mini Yaemori, a new character for the season in a new visual and a teaser trailer. Yū Serizawa is voicing the character. The third season of Rent-A-Girlfriend is scheduled to debut in July 2023.
The unveiled teaser begins with Kazuya Kinoshita’s line, “Let’s make a movie together!”. The trailer then features glimpses of the characters working on a movie and scenes with Mini, a cosplay enthusiast who attends the same university as Kazuya and Chizuru.
Rent-A-Girlfriend is also having a stage event at AnimeJapan 2023, which will take place on March 25. The event will be held at the DMM TV booth and will feature the cast, Sora Amamiya (Chizuru Ichinose CV), Nao Touyama (Ruka Sarashina CV), and Yū Seizawa (Mini Yaemori CV) as guests. More details regarding the event will be announced at a later date.
The popular romantic comedy series, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and is currently serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is back with its third season as a TV anime!
The story of Rent-A-Girlfriend centers around Kazuya Kinoshita, a hopeless university student, who met the pure and lovely “rental girlfriend” Chizuru Ichinose and ended up lying to his family and friends that she was his real girlfriend. While unable to tell the truth, Kazuya is surrounded by mischievous attacks from his devilish ex-girlfriend Mami Nanami, the somewhat forceful but ultra-aggressive temporary girlfriend Ruka Sarashina, and his shy but hardworking junior rental girlfriend Sumi Sakurasawa. There are also many beautiful “girlfriends” around him!
As they spend many seasons together and overcome various events, Kazuya’s feelings for Chizuru continue to grow, and he vows to support her dream of becoming an actress. However, when Chizuru’s grandmother Sayuri Ichinose’s health deteriorates, her dream of showing her grandmother her starring role in a movie is threatened.
“Let’s make a movie together!”
Kazuya decides to use crowdfunding to make a movie starring Chizuru, and with the involvement of newly moved-in cosplay enthusiast Yae Mori, his “real” life that started with just a rental is shining even brighter! What kind of outcome will Kazuya and Chizuru’s movie-making have?
▍Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 3 Characters
■ Kazuya Kinoshita – CV: Shun Horie
A hopeless college student, who is living in Tokyo. He has an indecisive personality and is sometimes tempted by ulterior motives. On the other hand, he also has straightforward kindness and consideration for those around him. He is developing feelings for Chizuru, his “girlfriend”, and proposes to make a movie through crowdfunding in order to make Chizuru’s dream come true.
■ Chizuru Mizuhara – CV: Sora Amamiya
Chizuru Mizuhara is the ideal girlfriend. She is an earnest person who is determined to work hard every day to achieve her goal of becoming an actress. She meets Kazuya as a customer while working as a rental girlfriend and goes along with Kazuya’s lies to his family and friends about being his real girlfriend. She has a dream of showing her grandmother a movie in which she appears, but Sayuri’s condition worsens before she can do it. Chizuru Mizuhara is her name when she works as a rental girlfriend, her real name is Chizuru Ichinose.
■ Mami Nanami – CV: Aoi Yūki
Kazuya’s ex-girlfriend is a bit of a little devil. She and Kazuya dated for only one month but soon broke up. Despite her cute appearance and vibe, she sometimes shows her dark side. She seems to be concerned about the relationship between Chizuru and Kazuya…
■ Ruka Sarashina – CV: Nao Tōyama
She is a super positive younger sister-type girlfriend. She is full of energy and has a bright personality. Her trademark is a shortcut and ribbon. In her search for someone who can make her heart pound, she meets Kazuya and becomes his temporary girlfriend. In order to achieve her goal, she sometimes takes somewhat aggressive measures…
■ Sumi Sakurasawa – CV: Rie Takahashi
She has a cute smile and is a healthy and hardworking girl. She is a junior member of Chizuru’s rental girlfriend’s office but is extremely shy. While trying to change herself, she meets Kazuya through Chizuru’s recommendation and goes on a practice date with him. She is growing day by day as a rental girlfriend.
■ Mini Yaemori – CV: Yū Serizawa
A girl with a characteristic “-isu” sentence ending. She is a cosplayer and a first-year student at the same university as Kazuya and Chizuru. She moves into the room next to Kazuya’s and accidentally learns of Kazuya and Chizuru’s true relationship. She calls Kazuya “master” and they establish a cooperative relationship.
▍Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 3 Staff & Production
Original Work: Rent-A-Girlfriend by Reiji Miyajima (Serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine)
Director: Une Shinya
Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
Character Design: Kanna Hirayama
Music: Hyadain
Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
Art Director: Minoru Akiba
Color Designer: Fumiko Ishiguro
Director of Photography: Shintaro Sakai
Editing: Yumiko Nakaba
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment in cooperation with Studio Comet
▍Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 3 Cast
■ Chizuru Mizuhara – CV: Sora Amamiya
■ Mami Nanami – CV: Aoi Yūki
■ Ruka Sarashina – CV: Nao Tōyama
■ Sumi Sakurasawa – CV: Rie Takahashi
■ Mini Yaemori – CV: Yū Serizawa
■ Kazuya Kinoshita – CV: Shun Horie