The announcement last week that the manga series Hatsukoi Monster will be receiving an anime adaptation in the future went over well. Though little was revealed in regards to the production, fans could look ato the previously released drama CD to see what could be said there. The original manga series was created by Akira Hiyoshimaru in ARIA and it began its run back in the summer of 2013 with four volumes released so far. The property received a drama CD with its most ercent volume back in February, where it used some well-known actors in the main roles, which could have been a test run to see how well it had done. It appears that those actors are indeed being kept for the series according to the official Twitter account for the show as it revealed:
- Yui Horie as Kaho Nikaidō
- Takahiro Sakurai as Kanade Takahashi
- Showtaro Morikubo as Tomu Kaneko
- Tomokazu Sugita as Ginjirō Sannomiya
- Ayumu Murase as Kazuo Noguchi
- Kenichi Suzumura as Jōji Takahashi
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kōta Shinohara
- Kaito Ishikawa as Atsushi Taga
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Arashi Nagasawa
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Daikoku Nikaidō
Plot concept: Nikaido Kaho is a daughter of a rich family and her whole life everyone’s been nice to her. When moving to her new high school dormitory, she almost gets hit by a truck but is saved by a boy. It’s love at first sight for Kaho but when asking him his name, he tells her she’s weird. Kaho is shocked since it’s the first time anyone’s ever said mean things to her. Soon enough, she finds out that the boy who saved her lives in the same dormitory and so she bravely confesses her love. The boy says his name is Kanade and agrees to go out with her. Unfortunately, the following day Kaho finds out that her first boyfriend is a 5th grader.
[Source: ANN]
