Asato Mizu’s Aharen-san wa Hakarenai romantic comedy manga is confirmed to inspire a TV anime for April 2022. A teaser visual, video, the main cast, and staff have been revealed.
The series centers on high schooler Raidō and his classmate Reina Aharen, a small and cute student with a quiet voice. Raidō originally feels distant from her. But after picking an eraser for her, he finds this cute girl has a huge problem of determining distance and personal space.
Inori Minase will play the heroine Reina Aharen, and Takuma Terashima will play Raidō.
Hinomaru Sumo director Yasutaka Yamamoto is serving as chief director, and Woodpecker Detective’s Office director Tomoe Makino is directing the anime at Felix Film. Takao Yoshioka is in charge of the series scripts, and Yūko Yahiro is designing the characters.
▍ Teaser PV
▍Character Design
■ Reina Aharen – CV: Inori Minase
■ Raidō – CV: Takuma Terashima
▍Synopsis
Reina Aharen, a small and cute student with a quiet voice, is quite bad at determining distance and personal space. Sometimes she’s inches away from your face, and at other times, miles too far! The only one who tries to understand her antics is Raidou Matsuboshi, who is seated beside her in class. He has a menacing face, but in reality, he is a kind boy with an imagination that can run wild at times.
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai follows the peculiar pair as their odd friendship starts to blossom when Raidou picks up Aharen’s eraser for her. She misinterprets his gesture and now believes them to be best friends, showing how the simplest of things can prove to be the most complicated of challenges for them.
▍Staff and Production
Original work: Asato Mizu [serialized in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+]
Chief director: Yasutaka Yamamoto
Director: Tomoe Makino
Series composition: Takao Yoshioka
Character design: Yūko Yahiro
Music: Satoru Kōsaki & MONACA
Animation production: FelixFilm
Production: bilibili
▍Cast
■ Reina Aharen – CV: Inori Minase
■ Raidō – CV: Takuma Terashima