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I N T R O D U C T I O N

"They're all nostalgic,
irreplaceable,
precious memories."

The elite Shuchiin Academy is a place where the brightest minds gather.
And being a part of the student council at Shuchiin Academy is how Vice-President Kaguya Shinomiya and President Miyuki Shirogane met.
After a long-lasting romantic battle of wits, the two end up dating...

The days go by, and Kaguya is alone in her room, flipping through the pages of a photo album.
Within the album are pages lined with photos from the days she spent at Shuchiin Academy with Shirogane and her other friends.

As she flips every nostalgia-filled page, Kaguya's memories come back to life.

S T A F F

  • Original Story
    Aka Akasaka
    ("YOUNG JUMP COMICS" by SHUEISHA)
  • Director
    Mamoru Hatakeyama
  • Character Design
    Yuko Yahiro
  • Chief Animation Directors
    Tetsuya Kawakami
    Reina Iwasaki
  • Prop Design
    Takayuki Kifuji
  • Art Director
    Risa Wakabayashi
  • Art Setting
    Tatsuya Hiragi
  • Color Setting
    Kanako Hokari
  • CG Director
    Yuki Kuribayashi
  • Composite Director
    Kimiya Nobukawa
  • Editor
    Rie Matsubara
  • Music
    Kei Haneoka
  • Sound Director
    Jin Aketagawa
  • Animation Production
    A-1 Pictures

C A S T

  • Kaguya Shinomiya
    Aoi Koga
  • Miyuki Shirogane
    Makoto Furukawa
  • Chika Fujiwara
    Konomi Kohara
  • Yu Ishigami
    Ryota Suzuki
  • Miko Iino
    Miyu Tomita
  • Ai Hayasaka
    Yumiri Hanamori
  • Narrator
    Yutaka Aoyama

T H E M E   S O N G

  • Opening Theme
    “Abunaikioku” by Masayuki Suzuki feat. Aoi Koga
  • Ending Theme
    “RED AND BLUE” by Kaguya Shinomiya (VA: Aoi Koga)
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COMMENT
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is a project I created with many others, and it was the one that showed me the pure joy of creating things together. For a long time, the anime team and I shared a mutual desire. Rather than simply adapting the existing material, we wanted to craft “a completely original new work that nobody had ever seen before, made together by everyone.” Whenever we discussed it, the folks on the production floor enthusiastically replied, “Yeah, let's do it!”

That was about four years ago.

Ever since then, I’ve been pondering what type of story would be best. What kind of “extra thing” could I add to a story that had already come to a close? It has been a time of both incredible terror and immense joy. Then, one day, an idea struck me. And the moment it did, I knew, “This is it!” However, at the same time, I also thought, “Yikes, the anime production team is going to have a rough time with this.”

We've been working on Kaguya-sama: Love Is War for nearly eight years, and I imagine everyone is currently tearing their hair out at being given this kind of challenge at this late stage. But…well, seeing as this is likely the last time, I trust that they'll forgive me for throwing them a bit of a curveball. That's just how much faith I have in this team.
Something new, yet nostalgic.

I hope to deliver a completely new, and perhaps the very last, Kaguya-sama story.

Aka Akasaka