Official Website for adaptation anime from Rin Komugi's manga has just updated their information with massive content. This announcement highlights important details regarding Marika's Love Meter Malfunction, It includes a full promotional video and key visuals. For those of you who look forward to rom-com series with unique premises, this news is certainly highly anticipated.
Release Schedule
The promotional video includes a snippet of the theme song “Hakaritai Kokando”. The song is sung by the main female character, Marika Chitose, voiced by Maaya Uchida.
This anime is produced as part of the AnimeFesta programming block which has special distribution characteristics.
This anime has a release strategy that is divided into two stages. The first episode will be available early through the stream AnimeFesta on March 13 at 17:00 JST. The version aired on this date is the “on-air version” which can be watched for free.
Meanwhile, regular airings will begin in April. The anime will have two different versions: a broadcast version that is censored for the public, and an uncensored premium version that is distributed on a regular basis. Online.
Marika's Love Meter Malfunction Story
The story in this series centers on Kanata Kitami, a boy who feels he is very unpopular. He wants to confess his love to his childhood friend Marika, but finds it impossible. In desperation, he does something desperate: he begs a shooting star.
A miracle happened when he woke up. His dream came true, but in an unexpected way. She now had the ability to see other people's “love meters” or level of affection, just like the feature in the game dating simulation.
Realizing that this wasn't just a dream, he went straight to Marika to see how much he felt. However, the reality he faced was confusing. Marika's love meter was so low that it was described as “broken” and falling to the level of hell.
This contradicts Marika's always sweet and kind attitude towards him. The main conflict of the story is Kanata's confusion: does Marika actually hate him that much, or is there another meaning behind the broken meter?
List of Cast and Production Staff
This anime features a lineup of voice actors who are familiar to anime fans. Maaya Uchida will play the main heroine, while Kohei Amasaki fills the voice of the male protagonist. The presence of Rie Kugimiya is also a special attraction in the supporting cast lineup.
Here is the full list of casts that have been announced:
- Kohei Amasaki as Kanata Kitami
- Maaya Uchida as Marika Chitose
- Ayasa Ito as Sayuki Toyotomi
- Yurie Igoma as Kokona Mikasa
- Rie Kugimiya as Niino Hidaka
For the production side, Studio Leo is responsible for the animation of the series.
Here are the details of the main staff involved:
- Director: Sumito Sasaki (The Share House's Secret Rule, PriPara)
- Series Scripts: Masamitsu Otake and Scenario Engineering Institute
- Character Design: Rena Nasu
- Chief Animation Director: Araiguma
- Color Key Artist: Koji Usui
- Art Setting: Chan Do Kim Hwan
- Compositing Director of Photography: Soichiro Arima
- Editing: Koki Shinkai
- Sound Director: Hiroki Nishiyama
- Sound Production: Studio Mausu
About Marika's Love Meter Malfunction
The original manga was digitally launched by Suiseisha in 2024. Suiseisha also plans to publish the manga in print format, with the first and second volumes scheduled for release on April 17.
For international readers, WWWave Corporation published this manga in English through the Coolmic platform.
For additional information, AnimeFesta (formerly known as Anime Zone and ComicFesta Anime) has produced short anime adaptations of over 30 ComicFesta manga titles in the past eight years. Many of these titles have adult content or risqué.
The first anime of this block is On a Lustful Night Mingling with a Priest, This is why fans often refer to this category as “Soryo-waku”. WWWave Corporation also releases many of these anime titles in English through its Coolmic website and has recently started releasing anime on OceanVeil.
With a unique romantic comedy premise and a solid cast lineup, this anime deserves to be included in our watchlist You next season.
