You and I Are Polar Opposites Anime Casts Miyuri Shimabukuro, Wataru Katō
Shimabukuro, Katō play classmates Azuma, Taira
The " ABEMA Anime Festival 2025 supported by Comic C'moA" announced two more cast members for the television anime of Kōcha Agasawa 's romantic comedy manga You and I Are Polar Opposites ( Seihantaina Kimi to Boku ) on Saturday. The two cast members are:
Miyuri Shimabukuro as Azuma, "a mature-minded girl in Suzuki and Tani's class.
Though she comes off as jaded, she's never experienced a proper romantic relationship."
Wataru Katō as Taira, "a boy in Suzuki and Tani's class with a cynical attitude.
Lacking confidence, he often compares himself to others and ends up feeling insecure or down."
The anime will star Sayumi Suzushiro as Suzuki and Shōgo Sakata as Tani.
The other cast members include: Yuna Taniguchi as Watanabe
Konatsu Hirabayashi as Sato
Anji Iwata as Yamada
The anime will premiere in January 2026. Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
At Lapin Track, Takakazu Nagatomo is overseeing the production of the anime. Teruko Utsumi, who has previously worked on Sarazanmai, is in charge of writing the scripts and also serves as the animation producer. Mako Miyako has designed the characters for this project. Naho Kozono, who has experience as both a sub-character designer and chief animation director (on Golden Kamuy), is also involved in this production. Sayumi Sakimoto has also joined as chief animation director, while Tofubeats has been tasked with composing the music for this anime.
Chieko Nakamura (Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence) leads the art department for SHOCHIKU anime. Tomoyuki Shiokawa (The Promised Neverland) serves as the compositing director of photography for SHOCHIKU anime. Yuki Akimoto (SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary) works as the color key artist for SHOCHIKU anime. Yuushi Koshida (My Happy Marriage) serves as the 3D director for SHOCHIKU anime. Masayuki Kurosawa (Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez) handles editing for SHOCHIKU anime. Wataru Osakabe (Pompo: The Cinéphile) works as the 2D design artist for SHOCHIKU anime. SHOCHIKU anime oversees the production of SHOCHIKU anime.
MANGA Plus published the series in English and describes the story:
Suzuki, an energetic girl who can't help but follow the crowd, finds herself drawn to Tani, a quiet boy who can easily speak his mind. Enter: the serialization of a hit one-shot! A story for anyone who wants to enjoy love! This down-to-earth, relatable rom-com is ready to pull at your heartstrings!
Agasawa launched ( link ) the manga on Shueisha 's Shonen Jump+ platform in May 2022. The manga originally launched ( link ) In January 2021, the manga was published for the first time on the website. It ended in November 2024. On March 4th of that year, Shueisha released its final compiled book volume.
Viz Media also publishes the series in English.
Over 1.45 million physical and digital copies of the manga have been sold worldwide. It was ranked third in the Manga Taisho Awards for 2023 and seventh for 2024.
Sources: You and I Are Polar Opposites anime's website ( link ) , Comic Natalie ( link )
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