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Let's Play Anime Reveals 11 More Cast Members, Theme Song Artists, October 1 TV Debut

The staff for studio OLM's anime adaptation of Leeanne M. Krecic's (also known as "Mongie") Let's Play webcomic revealed the show's promotional video, 11 more cast members, theme song information, and October 1 debut on Sunday.

Toshinobu Kubota will perform both the opening theme song "1,2, Play" and the ending theme song "Left & Right." DJ Night Tempo is in charge of the main theme for the in-universe game Ruminate.

The newly announced cast includes (left to right in top, middle, and bottom row in above image):

• Ayane Sakura as Angela O'Neill
• Yōko Hikasa as Vikki Song
• Mie Sonozaki as Monica McKenzie
• Hiroshi Watanabe as Dallas Hudson
• Kengo Tsujii as Abe Calhoun
• Minami Kurisaka as Olivia Sweet
• Kenichirō Matsuda as Edgar
• Sumire Morohoshi as Lucy Wright
• Tasuku Hatanaka as Umed Patel
• Mitsuki Saiga as Dee Parker
• Kenta Miyake as Samuel A. Young

Crunchyroll had revealed a trailer and new visual for the anime at Anime NYC on Saturday.

The anime will premiere on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block in October 1 and will air on Wednesdays at 24:45 (effectively Thursdays at 12:15 a.m.).

The anime stars:

• Kana Hanazawa as Sam Young
• Shimba Tsuchiya as Marshall Law
• Yūichi Nakamura as Charles Jones
• Tomokazu Sugita as Link Hudson

Daiki Tomiyasu (Pokémon Sun & Moon) is directing the anime at OLM with Ayumi Moriyama as assistant director. Saki Ebisawa (key animator for Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Himitsu no AiPri) is designing the characters based on Ebimo's (High Card) designs. Aya Matsui (Marmalade Boy) is handling the series composition. Slow Curve is in charge of planning and production. Conisch is composing the anime's music.

Other staff members include:

• Art Director: Yusuke Ikeda
• Color Design: Ayako Shimagata, Ayano Suzuki
• Director of Photography: Kōji Yamakoshi
• Visual Design: Masashi Itō, Yūsaku Ishimi
• Editing:Yumi Jinguji
• Sound Director: Masafumi Mima

Mongie launched the comic on WEBTOON in 2016. The comic ended its third "season" in September 2022, after which Mongie announced that she will no longer update the comic on WEBTOON due to numerous reasons involving the WEBTOON platform, including claims of lack of marketing on the platform and pay disparities. The comic will return in fall 2025, though Mongie has not yet announced a new platform.

Rocketship Entertainment is releasing the comic in English, and it released the fifth volume in July. Rocketship Entertainment describes the story:

She's young, single and about to achieve her dream of creating incredible video games. But then life throws her a one-two punch: a popular streamer gives her first game a scathing review.

Even worse, she finds out that same troublesome critic is now her new neighbor! A funny, sexy, and all-too-real story about gaming, memes, and social anxiety.

Sources: Let's Play anime's website, Comic Natalie