With And you thought there is never a girl online? having gotten a North American release previously, the show is getting some new attention on the Japanese side. NBC Universal Japan is continuing through their Anime x Music event where they’re celebrating thirty years of anime theme songs and music. This show is getting the nod today with the opening and closing pieces now streaming below.
Check out our review of Funimation’s North American release.
The series was directed by Shinsuke Yanagi based on the series composition by Tatsuya Takahashi. It was animated by Project No. 9. The Japanese cast includes Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Hideki Nishimura / Lucian, Rina Hidaka as Ako Tamaki / Ako, Inori Minase as Akane Segawa / Schwein, M.A.O as Kyō Goshōin / Apricot, Hitomi Ohwada as Nanako Akiyama and Yoshino Nanjou as Yui Saitou.
On the English language side, the series has Cris George serving as the ADR director and Jose Sandoval as the ADR engineer. The English cast includes Dallas Reid as Hideki/Rusian, Trina Nishimura as Ako, Jad Saxton as Akane, Mallorie Rodak as Kyoh, Josh Grelle as Schwein and J. Michael Tatum as Apricot.
The series comes from Shibai Kineko with multiple novels out there and meriting a manga adaptation, which is done by Kazui Ishigami.
Plot Concept: Our naïve protagonist proposes to a female character in an online game, only to find out that the player is actually a guy. Traumatized by that, he decides to never trust a girl online, but now, two years later, a female player is proposing to him. What will happen?
Series trailer:
