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Haruka Shiraishi joins cast, Wanuka performs ending song of October 2 series




On Thursday, the official website for the anime adaptation of Kazune Kawahara's manga series "A Star Brighter Than the Sun" (Taiyō Yori mo Mabushii Hoshi) released its second promotional video, which included information about the additional cast members and the ending theme song "Saishin-wa" (Latest Episode) performed by Wanuka.

Haruka Shiraishi joins the anime's cast as Subaru Kamishiro, Sae's friend.

On TBS and its affiliates, the anime will start airing on October 2nd at 11:56 PM. Anime Expo showcased its world debut in July.

The anime will star:

- Minori Fujidera as Sae Iwata
- Yūki Ono as Kōki Kamishiro
- Hina Yomiya as Hisui Onodera
- Taito Ban as Yōta Ayukawa
- Mutsumi Tamura as Mio Kagawa
- Ryōta Ōsaka as Yūshin Izawa


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.

Motohiro Hata is performing the opening theme song "Stellar Days."

On March 4th, Viz Media published the initial English translation of the manga, while the third volume was made available on September 2nd. According to Viz Media, the series is described as follows. ( link ) 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?!

In June 2021, Kawahara introduced his manga series in Shueisha 's Bessatsu Margaret magazine. On August 25th, Shueisha released the 12th compiled book volume of the manga.


Sources: A Star Brighter Than the Sun anime's website ( link ) , Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web ( link )