Crunchyroll announced that it will be streaming the Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation film on September 28, 2023. The 12-episode TV anime series that preceded it aired from January 10, 2022 to March 28, 2022.
An English subtitled trailer of Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation was also released on the Crunchyroll Collection YouTube channel.
The returning production staff from the series working on the OVA includes Shinji Ishihira as director, Takahiro Ueno as assistant director, Maki Fujii as character designer, Masaki Mayuzumi as art director, Imazato Katsuragi as color designer, and Kana Shibue as music composer. Series screenwriter Yoshiko Nakamura is serving as the film’s scriptwriter, while Daisuke Horino (Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z) is taking over the photography director position. Studio Deen is handling the animation production for the film.
Meanwhile, the returning voice cast includes Yuusuke Shirai as Shomei Sasaki, Souma Saitou as Yoshikazu Miyano, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Taiga Hirano, Yuuki Ono as Jiro Okasawara, Yuuma Uchida as Masato Hanzawa, Ryouhei Arai as Tasuke Kuresawa, Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Gonzaburo Tashiro, and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Akira Kagiura.
The anime is based on the manga series by Shou Harusono, which was first serialized on February 26, 2016 under the Gene Pixiv label. Nine tankoubon volumes have been released as of July 2022, with an 10th volume set for release on December 27, 2023. The manga has also inspired a Hirano and Kagiura spin-off series, two light novels, and a drama CD.
Yen Press releases the Sasaki and Miyano manga in English and describes the synopsis as:
It all started like a typical old-school boys’ love plotline—bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys’ love expert, he hasn’t quite realized…he’s in one himself. Which means it’s up to Sasaki to make sure their story has a happily ever after…!
Source: press release
