Ahead of an April 13 premiere in Japan, a brand-new trailer for girls’ love music anime Whisper Me a Love Song was released today, previewing the first notes between two harmonious love birds and the series’ opening theme song, “Follow your arrows” by in-story band SSGIRLS.
A November 2023 announcement in the change of staff saw Akira Mano take over as director from Xinya Cai due to health reasons, and Yokohama Animation Lab step in to co-produce with CLOUDHEARTS. Hiroki Uchida serves as series composer, alongside Minami Yoshida as character designer and Hiroshi Sasaki and Wataru Maeguchi as music composers.As for the cast, Hana Shimano takes on her first main role as Himari Kino, with Asami Seto (Mai Sakurajime in Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai) voicing Yori Asanagi. They’re joined by support acts Yuna Nemoto, Konomi Kohara, Ai Kakuma, Mikako Komatsu, Reina Ueda, Chika Anzai and Aoi Koga.The original manga series by Eku Takeshima began serialization in February 2019, with eight volumes released in Japan to date. HIDIVE will stream the anime as part of its spring 2024 anime season.Kodansha USA releases the English version of the manga, and describes the series:
Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and, to Himari’s surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what “love” really means…
Source: Comic Natalie
