More Kaguya-sama: Love is War is officially here with the arrival of the hotly-anticipated third season! You’ll be able to catch the latest episodes adapting Aka Akasaka’s manga of the same name as part of the Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Lineup, so read on for an overview to see what’s in store for the romantic comedy series in Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-.
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Launch Time: April 8
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS
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From a good family? Check! A good personality? Check! Shuchiin Academy is where all these elite students with bright futures flock to. As the two leaders of the student council, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane have supposedly fallen in love… But after almost half a year, nothing has happened!? They both have too much pride and can’t be honest. Things have gotten troublesome, and they are now caught in a war of “How to get the other to confess their love first.” This is a whole new romantic comedy, following an outbreak of cunning warfare between two elite students in love.
Kaguya Shinomiya
VA: Aoi Koga (Shoko Komi in Komi Can’t Communicate)
Miyuki Shirogane
VA: Makoto Furukawa (Saitama in One-Punch Man)
Chika Fujiwara
VA: Konomi Kohara (Chitose Kaginoji in KARAKAI JOZU NO TAKAGI-SAN)
Yu Ishigami
VA: Ryota Suzuki (Bisco Akaboshi in SABIKUI BISCO)
Rei Onodera
VA: Yuki Takada (Elma in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid)
Miko Iino
VA: Miyu Tomita (Riko in Made in Abyss)
Ai Hayasaka
VA: Yumiri Hanamori (Nadeshiko Kagamihara in Laid-Back Camp)
Nagisa Kashiwagi
VA: Momo Asakura (Iroha Tamaki in Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story)
Kobachi Osaragi
VA: Rina Hidaka (Milim in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Narrator
VA: Yutaka Aoyama (Dr. Giovanni in Fire Force)
Staff
Original Creator
Aka Akasaka
Director
Mamoru Hatakeyama (Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju)
Series Composition
Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun)
Character Designer
Yuko Yahiro (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai)
Art Director
Risa Wakabayashi
Sound Director
Jin Aketagawa
CGI Director
Yuki Kuribayashi
Color Design
Kanako Hokari
Editing
Rie Matsubara
Music
Kei Haneoka
Opening Theme Song Performer
Masayuki Suzuki
Suu
Ending Theme Song Performer
Airi Suzuki
Animation Production
A-1 Pictures
Additional Info
In the final days leading up to the premiere of KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR -Ultra Romantic-, the official accounts started sharing countdown illustrations by various members of the anime’s staff. Here’s how it all went down!
Day 9 by animation director Satoshi Noma
Day 8 by animation director Yuichiro Mizutani
Day 7 from A-1 Pictures Key Animation Department
Day 6 by chief animation director Koji Akitaka
Day 5 by director Takayuki Kikuchi
Day 4 by chief animation director Tetsuya Kawakami
Day 3 by key animator and Four Ramen Kings supervisor Shinobu Nishioka
Day 2 by Animation Director Honoka Yokoyama
Day 1 by Chief Animation Director Hiroshi Yako
Day of broadcast art by Character Designer Yuko Yahiro
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