The production team for Keikenzumi na Kimi to, Keiken Zero na Ore ga, Otsukiaisuru Hanashi (also known as KimiZero) has unveiled a new seasonal visual for the month of September, featuring Maria Kurose. The anime is set to premiere on October 6, 2023.
The visual highlights Maria sitting under a bright moon to commemorate the Otsukimi, or moon viewing, event.
Hideaki Ooba (Love of Kill) is directing the anime with Hiroko Fukuda (Taisho Otome Fairy Tale) as series screenwriter, Yousuke Itou (Management of a Novice Alchemist) as character designer, and Kei Haneoka as music composer. ENGI is handling the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the voice cast includes Natsuki Hanae as Ryuuto, Saori Oonishi as Runa, Aoi Koga as Maria Kurose, Ayaka Fukuhara as Nikoru, Tomori Kusunoki as Akari, Fukushi Ochiai as Yuusuke Ijichi, Daisuke Sakaguchi as Ren Nishina, and Tomoaki Maeno as Shogo Sekiya.
The anime is based on the teen romance light novel series written by Makiko Nagaoka and illustrated by Magako. It was first released on September 19, 2020 and is published under Kadokawa’s Fantasia Bunko label. Seven volumes have been released as of September 2023. A manga adaptation by Noyama Carpaccio was released in 2022.
J-Novel Club is releasing the light novel series in English digitally as You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story. It describes the synopsis as:
Kashima Ryuto is a gloomy high-schooler who quietly spends his days watching his crush, the beautiful Shirakawa Runa, from afar. She rules the school and has had no shortage of boyfriends. Although Ryuto is fully convinced she’d never accept him, fate leads him to confess his feelings to her anyway. To his astonishment, she accepts—simply because she’s “available” at the time—but the surprises don’t end there. She immediately invites him over as if it’s the most natural thing in the world! This odd couple is different in just about every way—the friends they keep, their hobbies, their love lives—but with every passing day, they grow a little bit closer. This may not be Runa’s first relationship, but their dating story is going to be full of firsts for them both!
Source: KimiZero Official Anime Twitter
