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Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota Anime Reveals 2 More Cast Members

The official website for the television anime of Fuyu Azuma's Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun) manga revealed two more cast members on Friday.

Shiori Mikami as Oota's older sister

Daisuke Kishio as Kashiwada's older brother

The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX on October 4, on Kansai TV on October 5, on BS11 on October 6, and on AT-X on October 7. The anime had its world premiere of the first episode at Anime Expo on July 3.

Crunchyroll will stream the series starting on October 4.

The anime stars:

• Akane Fujita as Kashiwada-san
• Kyouhei Natsume as Oota-kun
• Yūya Hirose as Tadakoro-kun
• Sōhei Horikane as Sata-kun
• Yumiri Hanamori as Tabuchi-san
• Mayu Mineda as Odajima-san

Tomohiro Kamitani (MIX Season 2, Katana Maidens – Tomoshibi) is directing the anime at STUDIO POLON. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop) is overseeing the series scripts, and Naoto Nakamura (A Certain Magical Index II) is the character designer and chief animation director. Yukari Hashimoto (Mr. Osomatsu) and Tetsuya Shitara (Matsuinu) are composing the music.

Hashimero performs the anime's opening theme song "Hyakumensō" (Funny Faces), while Sangatsu no Phantasia performs the anime's ending theme song "Amanojaku Hero" (Contradiction-Filled Hero).

BookWalker Global and MangaPlaza are both publishing the manga in English. BookWalker Global describes the story:

Kashiwada is a girl who never shows emotions on her face. Oota always tries to surprise her...but never succeeds.

Kashiwada and Oota are classmates at a junior high school.
Oota is always thinking of pranks to surprise Kashiwada, but he always fails. Kashiwada likes to look at Oota, for he shows his emotions on his face too much. They look like opposite type of people, but they both care about each other.
"Look, Oota is up to something..." Other classmates love to see the unique relationship between them.

A heart-warming love comedy which takes place in an ordinary junior high school in Japan.

Azuma launched the manga on Kadokawa's Dra Dra Sharp# site in July 2018. Kadokawa published the manga's 10th and final compiled book volume in July 2023. Kadokawa published the first volume of the Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun+ manga on April 9.

Seven Arcs previously animated an ad for the manga in 2022.

Sources: Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota anime's website, Comic Natalie