The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Miki Yoshikawa's A Couple of Cuckoos manga has announced that Yoshitsugu Matsuoka has been cast as Shion Asuma, Nagi's classmate and friend.
Hiroaki Akagi is the chief director of the anime and Yoshiyuki Shirahata is directing the anime at Shin-Ei Animation and Synergy SP. Yasuhiro Nakanishi is overseeing the series scripts, and Aya Takano is designing the characters.
Ikimono-gakari vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka is performing the opening theme song titled, "Dekoboko" (Rough).
The ending theme song titled, "Shikaku Unmei" (Square Destiny) is performed by Sangatsu no Phantasia.
The anime premiered on April 23, 2022 on the NUMAnimation programming block on TV Asahi. It will run for two consecutive cours.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENT:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Shion Asuma
The main cast includes Kaito Ishikawa as Nagi Umino and Akari Kitō as Erika Amano.
Nao Tōyama joins the cast as Hiro Segawa. Konomi Kohara joins the cast as Sachi Umino.
Additional cast includes:
Ryohei Kimura as Yōhei Umino
Yōko Hikasa as Namie Umino
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Sōichirō Amano
Yukiko Aruga as Rituko Amano
Yōko Hikasa as Namie Umino
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Sōichirō Amano
Yukiko Aruga as Rituko Amano
MAIN CAST CHARACTER DESIGNS:
Erika Amano / Hiro Segawa
Sachi Umino / Nagi Umino
KEY VISUAL:
Kodansha Comics publishes the series in English and describes it as:
16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Meguro River Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!
16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Meguro River Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!