A new anime TV series was announced in January 2019 with the manga Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shōmei Shite Mita, which translates as Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It, being slotted for adaptation. The series has now been set for a January 10th, 2020 debut where for the streaming side, all twelve episodes will be released at once via Amazon Prime. The series will still work a standard once a week broadcast as well beginning on January 10th in Tokyo and rolling out staggered from there with other regional distributors.
A new promotional video has also been released.
Toru Kitahata will direct it with Kenta Onishi assistant. Rintarou Ikea is on board with script supervision and is writing them with Michiko Yokote. Yusuke Isouchi is on board as character designer and chief animation director with production being handled by Zero-G.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Yūma Uchida as Shinya Yukimura
- Sora Amamiya as Ayano Himuro
- Natsuko Hara as Kotonoha Kanade
- Nichika Omori as Ena Ibarada
- Jun Fukushima as Kosuke Inukai
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Professor Ikeda
- Momo Asakura as Rikekuma
The work comes from Alifred Yamamoto which began in Comic Meteor and has six volumes out. It received a live-action TV series last fall and has a live-action film coming up in February, which is a pretty full-court press for the property.
Sora Amamiya will be performing the opening theme song for the series with “PARADOX.”
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The show focuses on Ayame Himuro and Shinya Yukimura, two scientists who are in love with each other. They want to prove that their love can be scientifically proven, quantified, and expressed factually.
[Source: ANN]
