Yakuza Fiancé anime reveals October 2024 release date and more in 2nd PV

Modified Sep 12, 2024 14:49 GMT

Yakuza Fiancé anime reveals October 2024 release date and more in 2nd PV (Image via Studio DEEN)

Monday, September 9, 2024, saw the official website for the Yakuza Fiancé anime series begin streaming its second promotional video, which revealed the anime’s release date. The television series will first air on Monday, October 7, 2024, at 11 pm Japanese Standard Time (JST) on Tokyo MX before premiering on other Japanese broadcast networks and streaming services.

In addition, the Yakuza Fiancé anime’s second promotional video also revealed additional cast for the series, also releasing character graphics for each casting announcement. Finally, the second promotional video for the anime also revealed and previewed the opening theme song, which will be performed by THE ORAL CIGARETTES.

The Yakuza Fiancé anime officially premieres on October 7, 2024, will be streamed internationally by Crunchyroll

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As mentioned above, the Yakuza Fiancé anime series officially confirmed its Monday, October 7, 2024 release date and time in Japan. After airing on Tokyo MX at 11 pm JST, the series will then air on BS11 at 12 am JST on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, and finally, on AT-X on Wednesday, October 9 at 9:30 pm JST.

In Japan, the series will begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video on October 7 at 11:30 pm JST just as the television broadcast on Tokyo MX ends. The official website for the anime also says that other streaming services will host the series. Crunchyroll has already confirmed that it will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The newly announced cast includes Ryota Takeuchi as Aoi Tachibana, Hiroshi Shimozaki as Sota Inamori, Katsuyuki Konishi as Taketo Hotei, and Reina Ueda as Tsubaki Akashigata. The four join previously announced starring cast members Hitomi Ueda as Yoshino Somei, Akira Ishida as Kirishima Miyama, Koji Yusa as Shome Toriashi, Hiroshi Kamiya as Azami Suo, Yoji Ueda as Renji Somei, and Kazuya Nakai as Gaku Miyama.

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Also newly announced was the anime’s opening theme song UNDER and OVER, which will be performed by THE ORAL CIGARETTES and is previewed in the latest PV. The ending theme song is Nani Wararotonnen and will be performed by Yoshino.

Toshifumi Kawase is directing the anime at Studio DEEN, with Rika Takasugi overseeing and writing the series scripts. Itsuko Takeda is designing the characters, while Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Masato Suzuki are composing the music.

The Yakuza Fiancé anime series serves as the television anime adaptation of author and illustrator Asuka Konishi’s original Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii manga series. The manga began in Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon manga magazine in August 2017, where it is still ongoing and regularly serialized today. The manga has been collected into 8 compilation volumes as of this article’s writing, all of which have been released in English.