Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～"Kaguya-sama: Love is War") is an anime adaptation of the manga series, originally announced on Friday, June 1, 2018 along with its twitter account and website launch. It premiered on Saturday, January 12, 2019 and was produced by A-1 Pictures. The early screening of first 2 episodes of the anime was on January 5, 2019. The anime aired on TokyoMX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and BS11. Aniplex of America streamed the series on FunimationNow, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. The anime is also available on Netflix.
Music[]
Opening[]
- "Love Dramatic" by Masayuki Suzuki, Rikka Ihara and Yoshiki Mizuno
Ending[]
- "Sentimental Crisis" by Halca (Episode 2, Episodes 04-12)
- "Super Bright Shining Girl "Chika"" by Konomi Kohara (Episode 3)
Original Soundtrack[]
Staff[]
- Director: Shinichi Omata
- Series Composition: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
- Character Design: Yuuko Yahiro
- Drawing Director: Yuuko Yahiro, Hiroshi Yakou, Yuuko Hariba
- Prop Design: Takayuki Kidou
- Art Director: Risa Wakabayashi
- Color Design: Kanako Hokari
- Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki
- Editor: Rie Matsubara
- Composer: Kei Haneoka
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule, led by Sound Director
Cast[]
- Aoi Koga as Kaguya Shinomiya
- Makoto Furukawa as Miyuki Shirogane
- Konomi Kohara as Chika Fujiwara
- Momo Asakura as Nagisa Kashiwagi
- Ryōta Suzuki as Yū Ishigami
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Kei Shirogane
- Yumiri Hanamori as Ai Hayasaka
- Sally Amaki as Betsy (ep 4)
- Takehito Koyasu as Shirogane's father
- Taku Yashiro as young male pupil
- Yutaka Aoyama as the Narrator
Promotional Videos[]
Aniplex Translation[]
Kaguya-sama- Love Is War Trailer 1
Kaguya-sama- Love Is War Trailer 2
Kaguya-sama- Love Is War Season 1 Blu-ray Trailer
Episodes and Volumes[]
See also: List of Episodes and Volumes
| # | Episode | Air Date | Volume |
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| 1 | January 12, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) |
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| 2 | January 19, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) | ||
| 3 | January 26, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) |
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| 4 | February 2, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) | ||
| 5 | February 9, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) |
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| 6 | February 16, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) | ||
| 7 | February 23, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) |
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| 8 | March 2, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) | ||
| 9 | March 9, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) |
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| 10 | March 16, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) | ||
| 11 | March 23, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) |
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| 12 | March 30, 2019 (JP) March 9, 2021 (US) |
Official Links[]
- Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/anime_kaguya
- Official Website: https://kaguya.love/1st
- Official English Website: https://kaguyasama-anime.com/1st
Trivia[]
- The first season of the anime was announced while the manga was taking a break.
- Two audio dramas were also released alongside the season, adapting chapters 3 and 22, available in anime volume 4
- Each volume contains some pages of any-page-order-you-can-read comic by the author himself.
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| Main Characters | Kaguya Shinomiya • Miyuki Shirogane • Chika Fujiwara • Yu Ishigami • Ai Hayasaka • Miko Iino • Narrator |
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| Media | Manga (Novelization) • Spin-off • Official Doujin • Anime (Season 1 • Season 2 • OVA 1 • Season 3 • Movie) • Live Action • Novels • First Fanbook • Last Fanbook • Music • Web Radio |
| Story | Timeline • Characters • Clubs • Chapters and Volumes • Episodes and Volumes • Sales |