I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Anime Reveals July 7 Premiere, Theme Songs
The announcement locks in a summer premiere window and a full production team, giving fans of the yuri horror-military manga their first concrete schedule after years of serialization.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The television anime adaptation of Nachi Aono's manga I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day will premiere on July 7, the staff announced on Tuesday alongside a second promotional video, key visual, and theme song details. ReoNa performs the opening theme "Amore," while sajou no hana provides the ending theme "Éternel." The anime debuts on AT-X at 9:30 p.m. JST, followed by broadcasts on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11. Yasushi Tomoda directs at studio ROLL2, with Takudai Kakuchi serving as creative advisor. Jukki Hanada supervises and writes the series scripts, Kyoko Yufu designs the characters, and Yukari Hashimoto composes the music. The cast includes Rie Takahashi as Sheena, Rina Hidaka as Mimi, Kagari Asami Seto as Lizzy, and Yui Ishikawa as Ali Maud. Newly announced additions Yumi Uchiyama and Ai Kayano join as Fran and Omi, respectively. The manga, which began serialization in Comic Yuri Hime in 2018 before moving online, is published in English by Kodansha USA. The ninth compiled volume ships on July 16.
ReoNa's opening theme "Amore" and sajou no hana's ending theme "Éternel" are both previewed in the second promotional video. The ending title is the French word for "eternal."
Yasushi Tomoda, who directed an episode of Girls Band Cry, directs at studio ROLL2. He previously worked on the pilot film as assistant director. Takudai Kakuchi, who directed the pilot film and In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, is now the creative advisor. Jukki Hanada, known for Bloom Into You and Sound! Euphonium, writes the series scripts. Kyoko Yufu, who worked on Delicious Party♡Precure and Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles, designs the characters. Yukari Hashimoto, composer for March comes in like a lion and A Sign of Affection, handles the music.
Additional staff include assistant director Nao Enomoto, prop designer Nana Nakayama, and sound director Jin Aketagawa. Infinite produces with EVOLROAR on product support.
The anime previously unveiled a collaboration visual with This Monster Wants to Eat Me, another girls' love horror series. Kodansha USA describes the manga as "spiritual kin to the likes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, Otherside Picnic, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury." A volume of side stories shipped on January 29.
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