News KyoAni Streams Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! 'Lite' #1
posted on 2012-09-27 06:21 EDT
6-minute anime short about leads Yūta & Rikka that will not air on TV
The anime studio Kyoto Animation (KyoAni) began streaming the first six-minute episode of Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! "Lite" on Thursday. The promotional video short with the main characters Yūta (Jun Fukuyama) and Rikka (Maaya Uchida) is part of a mini-story that will not be aired on television.
Update: The television anime itself will premiere on October 3. Also on Thursday, the anime's website posted a report of the September 22 advance screening and posted the character pages for Nanase Tsukumo (Kikuko Inoue) and Toko Takanashi (Eri Sendai).
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