The official website for Makiko Nagaoka's upcoming romantic comedy light novel series You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story, which will be adapted for a TV anime series, just revealed a full trailer announcing the anime adaptation's October 2023 premiere!
The promo trailer presents Maaya Uchida's "Love You Tender!" as the opening theme music for the anime. On top of it all, it was revealed that the six-piece rock group AliA would be singing the finale's theme song, "Aikotoba."
Watch the trailer for You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story below!
Seven new voice actors were also confirmed, in addition to the previously mentioned Natsuki Hanae as Ryuto Kashima and Saori Onishi as Runa Shirakawa. Check the new cast members out below:
- Maria Kurose: Aoi Koga (Kaguya Shinomiya in KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR)
- Nikoru Yamana: Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya in THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS)
- Akari Tanikita: Tomori Kusunoki (Setsuna Yuki in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club)
- Yusuke Ijichi: Fukushi Ochiai (Natsunosuke Bonda in Grazeni: Money Pitch)
- Ren Nishina: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Shinpachi Shimura in Gintama)
- Shugo Sekiya: Tomoaki Maeno (Rosemary in Delicious Party Pretty Cure!)
- KEN: KUN (YouTuber)
On the topic of cast members.. check out the staff for the anime below:
- TV anime main staff:
- Director: Hideaki Ohba (Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist)
- Series Composition: Hiroko Fukuda (Taisho Otome Fairy Tale)
- Character Design: Yosuke Ito (The Detective Is Already Dead)
- Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
- Music: Yoshi Hanaoka
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
- Animation Production: ENGI
Not familiar with the Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko series? Check out the below description for more info about it:
Introverted high-school student Ryuto is forced to confess to his crush, the most popular and beautiful girl in school, Luna. Surprisingly enough, she replies, "Then, how about we go out? I’m single right now anyhow." Then right after school, she invites Ryuto to her room...?! Despite being completely different from one another, including the amount of experience with love and types of friends they have, the two of them are about to embark on a relationship full of firsts!
The novel series was first published in Japan under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko brand in September 2020, and six volumes have since been made available. Since February 2022, its Noyama Carpaccio-illustrated manga version has been serialized on Square Enix's Gangan Online website. The English version of the manga has been accessible on Square Enix's Manga UP! worldwide service
Are you a fan of the manga You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story? Sound off in the comments below with your thoughts on the new trailer for lite novel series' anime adaptataion!