Nicole S. Castro
Apr 26, 2022
Ex-couple Yume Irido and Mizuto Irido struggle into their new dynamic as stepsiblings. They're close but not quite, as noticed by friends.
By: Nicole S. Castro on April 26, 2022 at 12:36 PHT
The TV anime for Kyōsuke Kamishiro and Takayaki's romcom light novel series My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex has released its main promotional video.
The anime is scheduled to air in July 2022 and is produced by studio Project No.9.
The anime features main characters Yume Irido (CV: Rina Hidaka) and Mizuto Irido (CV: Hiro Shimono), who dated in junior high school but broke up after graduation. In a twist of fate, their parents remarry afterwards, giving them a new dynamic as stepsiblings. To get over the awkwardness, the former couple lay down a sibling rule to avoid being conscious of the opposite sex.
The main PV introduces the story, additional cast, and the opening theme 「デネブとスピカ」 (English: Deneb and Spica) by music group DIALOGUE＋
Additional Cast
Akatsuki Minami (CV: Ikumi Hasegawa)
Kogure Kawanami (CV: Nobuhiko Okamoto)
Isana Higashira (CV: Miyu Tomita)
Staff
Original work: Kyōsuke Kamishiro
Original art: Takayaki
Director: Shinsuke Yanagi
Series composition/Script: Deko Akao
Character design: Satou Katsuyuki
Sound director: Yayoi Tateishi
Sound production: Bit Groove Promotion
Music: Hiromi Mizutani
Music production: Pony Canyon, Apdream
Produced by: Toyota Todoroki (Dreamshift), Happinet Phantom Studio
Animation production: project No.9
Source: My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
Author
Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.