On 10 February 2024, The official website of “Senpai is an Otokonoko” revealed a new key visual and a reveal video, they also announced the main cast for the anime adaptation. The manga was awarded 1st place in the 5th Manga We Want to See Animated Ranking. The popular work that has exceeded 180 million views on “LINE Manga” has finally been made into an anime!
“Senpai is an Otokonoko” Main Cast :
Director: Shinsuke Yanagi
Character Designer: Shoto Shinkai
Series Composition: Yoriko Tomita
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
Character Voice :
Makoto Hanaoka (CV: Shuichiro Umeda)
Saki Aoi (CV: Akira Sekine) Ryuji
Taiga (CV: Yuma Uchida)
About the Manga:
“Senpai is an Otokonoko” is a webtoon work that was serialized on LINE Manga from December 2019 to December 2021 by manga artist and illustrator “Pom”. The manga is currently being published by Ichijinsha Co., Ltd., with 7 volumes already published.
Story:
It is a romance manga following Makoto Hanaoka, a young man who dresses like a woman despite his mother’s disapproval. Saki Aoi, a girl attending the same high school as Makoto, falls in love with him under the belief that he is a woman and only learns the truth after confessing her feelings for him and getting rejected. She is bisexual, does not mind what his gender is, and still wishes to become his first love, but he worries that she will be seen as odd by associating with a cross-dresser. Ryuji Taiga, a childhood friend of Makoto’s, is initially unsure about being with another man, but a love triangle involving the three forms as he warms up to it.
