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Rikako Aida, Maki Kawase, Kotori Koiwai Join Cast of Val x Love Anime
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Ryousuke Asakura's Val x Love (Ikusa x Koi) manga revealed three more cast members for the show on Friday.
Rikako Aida as Shino Saotome
Maki Kawase as Yakumo Saotome
Kotori Koiwai as Kururi Saotome
The previously revealed cast includes:
Yūya Hirose as Takuma Akutsu
Kaede Hondo as Natsuki Saotome
Ai Kakuma as Itsuyo Saotome
Rina Hidaka as Mutsumi Saotome
Yumi Uchiyama as Ichika Saotome
Yumi Hara as Futaba Saotome
Ayaka Shimizu as Misa Saotome
The anime will premiere on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 in October.
Takashi Naoya is (Luck & Logic, Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, Real Girl) is directing the anime at Hoods Entertainment. Tatsuya Takahashi (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko, Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles) is supervising the series' scripts. Kiyoshi Tateishi (animation director for Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie) is the character designer and chief animation director. TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (Witch Craft Works, Kakegurui, Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san) is composing the music.
Yen Press is publishing the manga in English, and the company describes the first volume:
Gotta flirt to save the world!!
High schooler Takuma Akutsu is terrified of human contact and just wants to live a quite life. Too bad he doesn't have a choice in the matter when nine Valkyrie sisters come barging into his home! They've tasked him with raising their level to fight off the monsters threatening humanity--and how will he do that, exactly...? By gettin' down & dirty to the max!!!
Asakura launched the manga in the magazine in December 2015. The eighth compiled book volume will ship on September 12.
Sources: Val x Love anime's website, Comic Natalie
