A GoHands renaissance may soon be upon us, as it was announced today that the studio responsible for the upcoming game The Masterful Cat Is Sad Again will be releasing it! This news comes in the wake of the shocking cancellation of their last project. Now, an adaptation of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses is also being produced using the anime medium!
Check out the key visual for The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses series!
The teaser trailer for the series gives viewers a sneak peek of Mashiro Ito (Kyoya in Rebuild Our Life!) as Kaede Komura and Shion Wakayama (Takina in Lycoris Recoil) as Ai Mie. Both of these roles were previously played by other cast members.
Check out the teaser trailer for the series below!
Based on the manga by Koume Fujichika, The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses will be directed by Susumu Kudo (K Missing Kings) and Katsumasa Yokomine at studio GoHands, with scripts by Tamazo Yanagi (Scar on the Praeter), character designs by Takayuki Uchida (Hand Shakers) and music by Jimmy Sam P.
More staff members were also revealed:
- Main Animator: Hiroshi Ohkubo
- Concept Art: Shingo Suzuki
- Sound Director: Hisashi Muramatsu
- Chief Animation Directors: Makoto Furuta, Takayuki Uchida, Keiji Tani
Known in Japan as Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta, the original manga is published in Japan by Square Enix in their Monthly Gangan Joker magazine. An English language version is also available from Square Enix Manga, who descirbes the story below!
A delightfully charming romantic comedy about a boy who only has eyes for the girl who always forgets her glasses!
The distance between a boy and his crush shrinks every time she forgets her glasses!
Komura starts his school year with a new seat neighbor in homeroom—the bespectacled Mie. Before long, he’s nursing a raging crush on his quirky classmate who’s always forgetting her glasses! While this might be ideal for Komura to get to know Mie better, will his poor heart give out from the daily strain of being up close and personal with the girl he likes?!
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