The official website for Seishun Buta Yaro wa Yume-Miru Shojo no Yume wo Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of Dreaming Girl), an anime based on the light novel Seishun Buta Yarou by Hajime Kamoshida, began streaming a new trailer on Wednesday.
The film will be released in Japan on June 15, 2019, and will adapt the sixth and seventh volumes of the light novel series. It will also feature the same staff as the anime series, including director Soichi Masui (Chaika the Coffin Princess, Sakura Quest), screenwriter Masahiro Yokotani, character designer Satomi Tamura, and animation production studio CloverWorks.
The film follows not only the main characters Sakuta Azusagawa and Mai Sakurajima, but also a mysterious girl named Shōko Makinohara. The story portrays how each of their feelings and desires intersect.
As for the cast, the names revealed so far include:
Kaito Ishikawa as Sakuta Azusagawa
Asami Seto as Mai Sakurajima
Yurika Kubo as Kaede Azusagawa
Nao Tōyama as Tomoe Koga
Atsumi Tanezaki as Rio Futaba
Maaya Uchida as Nodoka Toyohama
Inori Minase as Shōko Makinohara
In the series, there's a rumor about a mysterious phenomenon called "puberty syndrome." For example, Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student who suddenly sees a little girl appear in front of him. The girl is actually Mai Sakurajima, Sakuta's top athlete, a famous actress, and a former entertainment industry hiatus. For some reason, the people around Mai can't see her bunny-like figure. Sakuta sets out to solve this mystery and, by spending time with Mai, learns about her secret feelings. Other heroines with "puberty syndrome" begin appearing in front of Sakuta.
Kadokawa published the first volume of the light novel series, also titled Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl-senpai no Yume wo Minai, in April 2014. Keeji Mizoguchi provided the illustrations. The seventh and most recent volume was also published in October 2016. Tsugumi Nanamiya launched a manga adaptation of the novel's first volume in the January 2016 issue of Comic Dengeki G, and Kadokawa published the first volume in October 2016. The television anime of the light novel premiered in Japan on October 3, 2018, and aired 13 episodes.
Kamoshida and Mizoguchi previously worked together on the Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo light novel series, which inspired a 24-episode television anime series from 2012 to 2013.
Source: ANN
