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Crunchyroll Adds Senpai is an Otokonoko Anime Film

Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it has added the Senpai is an Otokonoko: Sunshine After the Rain (Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare), the sequel film to the television anime of Pom's Senpai wa Otokonoko (Senpai is an Otokonoko, This is Him or literally, Senpai is a Boy) web manga. The service is streaming the movie as four episodes.

The film premiered on February 14.

Toshiya Miyata of boy band Kis-My-Ft2 joined the cast as Hiroshi Hongo. Miyata also served as the promotional ambassador for the film.

Kujira performs the theme song "Otona ni Narenai" (I Can't Grow Up). Kujira also performed the opening and ending theme songs for the television anime.

The anime premiered in July 2024 in the Noitamina programming block on Fuji TV and other channels, and it had 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime.

The main cast members are:

• Shūichirō Umeda as Makoto Hanaoka
• Akira Sekine as Saki Aoi
• Yūma Uchida as Ryūji Taiga

Shinsuke Yanagi (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!) directed the anime at project No.9, and Shōto Shinkai designed the characters and also illustrated the key visual at right. Yoriko Tomita (My Dress-Up Darling, Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose, As Miss Beelzebub likes it.) was in charge of the series scripts. Yukari Hashimoto (March comes in like a lion, Mr. Osomatsu, Sarazanmai) composed the music.

LINE Webtoon publishes the manga in English digitally. It describes the manga:

Can true love really overcome any obstacles? Saki, a high school student, confesses her feelings to Makoto. Taken aback, Makoto reveals his secret, but the sudden discovery doesn't seem to bother Saki who is already head over heels for him. After being rejected, Saki asks Ryuji, Makoto's childhood friend, for some advice on how to win his heart. A love triangle unfolds when Ryuji realizes that he might also have some feelings for his old friend.

Pom launched the manga on the LINE Manga app in 2019. Ichijinsha published the manga's 10th and final compiled book volume in October 2024. The manga topped AnimeJapan's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll in 2022.

Source: Crunchyroll (Joseph Luster)