The official X account of B8station◆4 revealed that the Chinese donghua “The Girl Downstairs” (Chinese Name: Aishang Ta de Liyou) will be receiving a Japanese dub. The Japanese dub title of this series is “Shita no Kai ni wa Mio ga Iru“. The Girl Downstairs donghua is based on the Korean manhwa titled “Lee Duna!“
The official YouTube channel of B8Station released the Japanese dubbed trailer for this upcoming series and the official X account shared the official Japanese Key Visual:
As shown in the trailer, The theme songs are also changed as per the Japanese dub. The opening song “Might Just” will be performed by SWEET REVENGE and the ending song “Yogaakeru made” (English TL: Until Dawn) will be performed by Nornis. The Main Japanese Voice-Acting cast is also announced. The character names are also changed to Japanese as per the series:
Lee Duna / Kisaragi Mio by Sakamoto Maya
Lee Joon / Yo Sugiura by Keisuke Komoto
Kim Margo / Shinju Momoi by Okubo Rumi
Choi Ira / Mikuni Sara by Numakura Manami
The Girl Downstairs (Aishang Ta de Liyou, Shita no Kai ni wa Mio ga Iru, Lee Duna) japanese dub will be released on July 3, 2024.
About The Girl Downstairs
The Girl Downstairs (Korean Name: Lee Duna) is a Korean manhwa series written and illustrated by Min, Song-A. This manhwa was released as a webtoon and was serialized in July 2019 via Naver Corporation’s webtoon platform, Naver Webtoon. There are a total of 5 Volumes of this series.
This manhwa received a Chinese donghua adaptation animated by Red Dog Culture House which was released in April 2023. This manhwa also received a Korean Live-Action movie “Doona!” which was released in October 2023.
Line Webtoon published this manhwa in English and explains its plot as:
“When Joon moves into his new apartment on his first day of college, he wasn’t expecting beautiful ex-celebrity Doona (Duna) to be living downstairs. Joon tries to avoid her at first, but finds himself growing more and more curious about her mysterious life.“
Source: Official Website
