The official website for the television anime adaptation of Tsumuji Yoshimura‘s manga Just Like Mona Lisa (Seibetsu “Mona Lisa” no Kimi e.) has launched the series’ first main trailer and key visual, while announcing additional cast members, new staff credits, and a 2027 premiere window. The trailer also previews the ending theme song “Mayoi wa Hikari” (The Illusion Is Light), performed by singer-songwriter imase.
Newly Announced Cast
The latest wave of voice cast additions includes Yoshino Aoyama, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Daisuke Sakuma (member of idol group Snow Man), Chiharu, Kakeru Hatano, Haruna Mikawa, and Shion Wakayama. The production has not yet revealed which characters these performers will voice.
Previously announced, Chika Anzai voices protagonist Hinase Arima, a third-year high school student who lives genderlessly among their peers as they turn 18, and who shares a childhood friendship with both Shiori and Ritsu.
Character Introductions
The team also released character visuals for Hinase’s childhood friends and classmates:
- Shiori Takayama — A serious, art-loving third-year student who harbors feelings for childhood friend Hinase.
- Ritsu Kaga — An energetic third-year student and tennis club member who also has feelings for Hinase.
- Aoi Shirogane — A third-year student who struggles with insecurities about her height; childhood friends with Chiaki Kurokawa since kindergarten.
- Chiaki Kurokawa — Aoi’s kindergarten-era childhood friend; straightforward in nature but prone to joking around and exaggerating his own height.
- Tamaki Beppu — An honest, forthright third-year student who acts as a big-sister figure to the group.
- Rui Kinosaki — A considerate third-year student with a talent for handicrafts.
- Mahiro Goshiki — A gentle, easygoing third-year student with a passion for making sweets.
Additional Staff
- Series Script Supervisor: Katsuhiko Takayama
- Assistant Director: Kōji Matsumura
- Chief Animation Directors: Kazuya Shiotsuki, Akihisa Takano
- Main Animator: Yoshiaki Itō
- Art Board: Junichi Taniguchi
- Art Setting: Morihito Ōhara
- Art Director: Yukako Ogawa (KLAS)
- Color Key Artist: Yasuko Watanabe
- CG Directors: Kentaro Sasaki (BUEMON), Hisato Shima
- Compositing Director of Photography: Rei Egami
- Editing: Rie Matsubara
- Sound Director: Kōhei Yoshida
Core Staff & Studio
Kana Shundo (Apocalypse Hotel) is directing the series at studio SHAFT, with CyberAgent overseeing production. Nobuhiro Sugiyama (Arakawa Under the Bridge, March comes in like a lion) is handling character design and serving as a chief animation director, while Yūki Hayashi (My Hero Academia, Medalist) is composing the score.
About the Manga
Yoshimura launched the manga on Square Enix’s Gangan Online in May 2018, concluding it with its 10th compiled volume in December 2022. The series has surpassed 1 million cumulative copies sold. Square Enix publishes the English edition digitally via Manga UP! Global and in print through Square Enix Manga & Books — the 10th volume released on May 19. The manga is also available digitally on BookWalker.
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