A new character visual and interview video have been revealed for the upcoming Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi TV anime series, which confirmed the casting of Yoshino Aoyama as the youngest daughter and shogi prodigy, Miwa Mikadono. The anime will premiere in Japan sometime in 2025. Aoyama joins other previously revealed cast members like Minami Hinata as Yu Ayase, Yurina Amami as Kazuki Mikadono, and Aoi Koga as Niko Mikadono.
Tadahito Matsubayashi (Magical Girl Site) is directing the anime series, with Yusuke Inoue (animation director on Mayonaka Punch, Skip and Loafer et al.) as character designer. P.A.WORKS is handling the animation production.
Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi is based on the romantic comedy manga series by Aya Hirakawa, which was first launched in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine on December 22, 2021 and has released 12 tankobon volumes as of December 2024.
The manga was nominated for the Next Manga Award in the print category in 2022, where it ranked 15th. It ranked eighth in the 2023 edition in the same category. The series also placed second in the Nationwide Publishers’ Recommended Comics of 2023.
Synopsis:
The main story centers on Yu Ayase, the son of the late actress Subaru Ayase, who was gifted with the skills of beauty, athleticism, and intelligence. When Yu is enrolled into an elite school, he moves into the house of his mother’s friend, which houses the three Mikadono sisters. Each of them are all exceptionally talented, but also have hidden weaknesses.
