
Both Kaguya and Miyuki are seemingly perfect from those looking in from the outside. This smart high school comedy follows Kaguya Shinomiya (played by Aoi Koga of Angel’s 3Piece, Two Car), the heir of one of the most wealthy conglomerates in Japan, and Miyuki Shirogane (played by Makoto Furukawa of Fate/Apocrypha, One Punch Man), the student body president of Shuchiin Academy. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War premieres on Hulu, Crunchyroll, and FunimationNow on January 12th.

Kei Haneoka from Owarimonogatari and Tsukimonogatariwill be handling the music for the series. The anime series will be produced by A-1 Pictures ( Sword Art Online, Blue Exorcist) and has signed on Record of Grancrest War’s Mamoru Hatakeyama as director with Yuko Yahiro ( Haikyu!!, Attack on Titan: Junior High) serving as character designer as well as chief animation director alongside Hiroshi Yakou ( Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie Part 3: Rebellion) and Yuko Hariba ( The Asterisk War). The manga is on its eleventh volume in Japan, amassed over 2.8 million copies and currently holds the title for the number one selling romantic comedy series currently still being serialized in a weekly manga magazine. The hilarious and quick-witted anime is based on Aka Akasaka’s manga series published in Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine. Aniplex of America’s brand new romantic comedy, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, has been confirmed to begin streaming on Hulu, Crunchyroll, and FunimationNow.
