Everyone's Darling Has a Secret Anime Premieres in April
The production pairs director Hikaru Sato and composer Satoru Kosaki, two names whose recent credits sit in comedy-driven school series, with a manga that Hakusensha has run on its web platform since September 2022 and Yen Press has already carried to a fourth English volume.
Key Facts
- Everyone's Darling Has a Secret will premiere as a television anime next April.
- Reiji Kawashima voices Hizashi Hiruno in Everyone's Darling Has a Secret.
- =LOVE member Iori Noguchi voices Sakura Akai in Everyone's Darling Has a Secret.
- Hikaru Sato directs Everyone's Darling Has a Secret at Gekko, with Fumihiko Shimo writing the series scripts.
- Kashiko Amane has serialized Everyone's Darling Has a Secret on Hakusensha's Young Animal Web since September 2022, and Yen Press released the fourth English volume in June.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
A television anime of Kashiko Amane's Everyone's Darling Has a Secret (Hokago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru) will premiere next April, according to an announcement made Monday from the adaptation's new X account. The main cast is Reiji Kawashima as Hizashi Hiruno, Hikaru Tono as Rei Kuromiya, =LOVE member Iori Noguchi as Sakura Akai, and Ami Maeshima as Sora Konno. Hikaru Sato directs at Gekko, with Fumihiko Shimo overseeing and writing the series scripts. Kibidango 14-go designs the characters, Satoru Kosaki and MONACA compose the music, and Ryo Aizawa produces. Amane has serialized the manga on Hakusensha's Young Animal Web since September 2022, and the ninth volume shipped in July. Yen Press publishes the manga in English and released the fourth volume in June.
Anime Corner gives the premiere a firm year: April 2027. The announcement came with a teaser visual and cast comments posted to the new X account.
- Hikaru Sato has directed The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You and Dropkick on My Devil!.
- Fumihiko Shimo's script credits include BOFURI, Full Metal Panic!, and Infinite Stratos.
- Character designer Kibidango 14-go is Azuma Tozawa, whose credits include Wash It All Away.
- Satoru Kosaki's music credits include The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the Monogatari Series.
- MONACA's credits include Star Driver and Wake Up, Girls!; the two also worked together on Aharen-san wa Hakarenai.
- Producer Ryo Aizawa is credited to Starry Cube, a copyright holder alongside Kashiko Amane and Hakusensha.
Yen Press describes the premise: Hizashi Hiruno, a freshman at a super-elite high school, scores badly on his first proficiency test because of a mistake on his answer sheet and lands in remedial lessons, where he meets a girl who may be the one.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Everyone's Darling Has a Secret Manga Gets TV Anime in April
- Anime Corner Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret Gets Anime