Suki-tte Ii na yo. Anime's Cast, Staff Revealed

Steins;Gate's Satō to direct fall TV series based on Kanae Hazuki's shōjo manga

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The August issue of Kodansha's Dessert magazine and Starchild have revealed the cast and staff for television anime adaptation of Kanae Hazuki's Suki-tte Ii na yo. (Say "I love you".) shōjo manga.
The cast is as follows:

• Ai Kayano as Mei Tachibana
• Takahiro Sakurai as Yamato Kurosawa
• Risa Taneda as Asami Oikawa
• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kenji Nakanishi
• Yumi Uchiyama as Aiko Mutō
• Minako Kotobuki as Megumi Kitagawa
• Tomoaki Maeno as Kai Takemura

Takuya Satō (Steins;Gate, Strawberry Marshmallow) is directing the series and is also handling the series composition. Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (episode director for Kimi ni Todoke, Minami-ke) is serving as series director, and Yoshiko Okuda (animation director for Casshern Sins) is handling the character designs. Junko Watanabe (NANA, Blood-C) is serving as chief animation director and Yuuji Nomi (Whisper of the Heart, Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise) is handling the music. ZEXCS is animating the series, which will air this fall.

The story of first love centers around Mei Tachibana, a girl who has never made friends or had a boyfriend in 16 years. One day, she accidentally injures Yamato Kurosawa, the school's most popular boy. For some reason, Yamato becomes interested in Mei and starts a one-sided friendship with her. He even protects her from a stalker — by kissing her.

Hazuki launched the manga in 2008, and Kodansha will publish the ninth compiled book volume in July.