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Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime's Teaser Video Reveals Lead Cast

The official Twitter account for the television anime of Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunōsen) manga began streaming a teaser video for the anime on Friday. The teaser reveals that Aoi Koga will play Kaguya Shinomiya, while Makoto Furukawa will play Miyūki Shirogane. (Note: The official video in the Twitter post is region-locked to Japan, a region-free version is below)

The anime will premiere in January on MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, Chukyo TV, and TV Niigata.

Mamoru Hatakeyama (Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, Record of Grancrest War, Sankarea: Undying Love) is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures. Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Shiawase Restaurant, Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 4: Loss) is supervising the series scripts. Yūko Yahiro (Diabolik Lovers, Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko) is the character designer, and is also credited as chief animation director alongside Hiroshi Yakou and Yūko Hariba.

Other staff members include:

• Prop Design: Takayuki Kidou
• Art Director: Risa Wakabayashi
• Color Design: Kanako Hokari
• Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki
• Editing: Rie Matsubara
• Music: Kei Haneoka
• Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
• Sound Production: Magic Capsule

Viz Media is publishing the manga in English, and it describes the story:

All's fair when love is war!

Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first…?!

Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyūki Shirogane are two geniuses who stand atop their prestigious academy's student council, making them the elite among elite. But it's lonely at the top and each has fallen for the other. There's just one huge problem standing in the way of lovey-dovey bliss—they're both too prideful to be the first to confess their romantic feelings and thus become the “loser” in the competition of love! And so begins their daily schemes to force the other to confess first!

Akasaka began the series in Shueisha's Miracle Jump magazine in May 2015 but it moved to Young Jump in March 2016. The 11th compiled volume shipped on September 13. A special side story ran in the debut issue of Young Jump Gold in May 2017. Viz Media published the fourth volume on September 4.

The manga is inspiring two spinoff manga. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Dōjin-ban (Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Dōjin Edition) by Shinta Sakayama launched inonShueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website on June 14. Kaguya-sama o Kataritai (I Want to Talk With Kaguya) by G3 Ida launched in Young Jump on July 26.

Thanks to Dennis R for the embedded video.

Sources: Kaguya-sama: Love is War anime's official Twitter account, MoCa News