Kodoani.com – Website for anime adaptations of manga Oshi no Ko of Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari announced on Wednesday that the anime will postpone the broadcast of the eighth episode to June 7. A summary episode with an accompanying interview with voice actors Takeo Ōtsuka and Yurie Igoma will be airs next week on May 31.
The anime premiered in Japan on April 12 with the first episode being 90 minutes long. The company claims that the anime has become the streaming service’s “#1 premiere in streaming service history”.
Daisuke Hiramaki and Chao Nekotomi will direct the film at Doga Kobo. Jin Tanaka handled the series’ script. Kanna Hirayama is designing the characters.
YOASOBI performed the opening theme song “Idol”. Queen Bee performs the ending theme song “Mephisto.”
Akasaka and Yokoyari launched the manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine in April 2020. Akasaka recently released a short story for the series titled “45510” that looks at idol Ai from different angles. .
Gorou is a gynecologist and an idol fan who is shocked after his favorite star, Ai, announced a hiatus from activities. Little does Gorou realize that he is about to create a relationship that defies all common sense with her! Lies are the most powerful weapons of idols in this fascinating manga by Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum’s Wish).
The manga took first place in the seventh “Next Manga Award” (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) in 2021, and also won the Best Compilation Manga category in the regular Kodansha Manga Awards. 46th year last year. The series was nominated for the 26th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Awards last year, and has also been nominated for the 14th and 15th Manga Taisho Awards. The manga ranked 7th out of a list of 20 series. the best manga for male readers in the 2022 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This manga is amazing!) guidebook. The manga has more than 3 million copies in circulation.