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A Star Brighter Than the Sun Anime Reveals More Cast, October 2 Debut in 1st Promo Video
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The official website for the anime of Kazune Kawahara's A Star Brighter Than the Sun (Taiyō Yori mo Mabushii Hoshi) manga began streaming the anime's first promotional video on Friday. The website also revealed a new visual, opening theme song artist, more cast, and the show's October 2 debut.
Motohiro Hata is performing the opening theme song "Stellar Days." The above video previews the song.
Newly revealed cast members include:
The anime will premiere on October 2 at 11:56 p.m. on the TBS channel and its affiliates. Anime Expo hosted the anime's world premiere in July.
Aya Kobayashi (Vinland Saga, Spy×Family, Negative Positive Angler 2nd key animator) is directing the series at Studio KAI. Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Chained Soldier, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Shy) is in charge of the series scripts, Jin Feng Zeng is designing the characters, and Natsumi Tabuchi (Aggretsuko, From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!) and Miki Sakurai (Girlfriend, Girlfriend, I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss) are composing the music.
Viz Media released the manga's first volume in English on March 4. The company describes the first volume:
Sae and Kōki have been friends since childhood. One fateful day at the end of middle school, she has a revelation: Koki has grown up! Now they're in high school, and she has another revelation: she has feelings for Kōki! But Sae isn't the only girl who does… The question is, who does Kōki have feelings for?!
Kawahara (My Love Story!!, High School Debut, Aozora Yell) launched the manga in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine in June 2021. Shueisha shipped the manga's 11th compiled volume on April 24.
Sources: A Star Brighter Than the Sun anime's website, Comic Natalie
