More details were revealed for the upcoming rom-com anime, The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses! A teaser video released by the anime’s official website revealed the ending theme artists. A group called “Masayoshi ga Megane wo Wasureta” includes music composer, Masayoshi Oishi, and voice actors Masahiro Itou and Shion Wakayama, who will perform the ending theme song titled “Megane Go Round”.
The anime adaptation of Koume Fujichika’s manga was announced on January 13 of this year and is set to release in July. It seems the rom-com fans are being fed well lately with the announcements of various rom-com anime such as The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, and Tomo-Chan Is A Girl, all set to release in the winter of 2023.
We’ve all experienced the thrill of having a classroom crush, regardless of whether we were seated right beside them or in opposite corners. Well, our main character Komura, gets to go through all the dizzy feelings when his crush sits next to him! While the broadcast platforms remain unknown. it is expected that Crunchyroll will secure the licensing rights and stream the content for international fans.
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The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Premieres in July
The exact date of the anime’s debut hasn’t been announced, but that hasn’t stopped fans from eagerly waiting for its arrival! The promotional team did a great job building the anticipation for the anime. When the official site was launched, it featured only a blurry image and a countdown box. The initial key visual, intentionally blurred, was unveiled on January 31, along with additional cast information.
Katsumasa Yokomine is directing the anime, assisted by Susumu Kudo as chief director at GoHands Studio. Tamazo Yanagi will handle the scripts, with Shingo Suzuki as the concept artist and Takayuki Uchida as the character designer and main animator. Keiji Tani and Makoto Furuta serve as chief animation directors.
Hisashi Muramatsu acts as the sound director, while Jimmy Thumb P composes the music. The opening theme song, “NAME,” will mark the debut of 16-year-old singer Tsuzuri, with Shoto Horie as the composer and DECO*27 as the lyricist.
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The Plot and Characters
Kaede Komura, being Ai Mie’s desk-mate, can’t take his eyes off of her. He’s drawn to her adorableness, desperately waiting for the moment their eyes meet. Just a few days into their acquaintance, Komura notices a change in Mie; her eyes squinting and her glasses nowhere in sight. This doesn’t change his feelings for her.
Surprisingly. Mie has a habit of forgetting her glasses, making it difficult for her to navigate through school hours with her poor eyesight. Of course, Komura is more than happy to help her. The more Mie depends on Komura, the more his feelings deepen for her. Though she isn’t able to see properly, she looks forward to seeing Komura every day. “Will his poor heart give out from the daily strain of being up close and personal with the girl he likes?!”.
Ai Mie voiced by Shion Wakayama, one the female lead in the manga and anime series. She’s painted as a really cute character with adorable mannerisms and her constant squinting shows how dependent she is on her glasses.
Since she’s always squinting, the expression on her face makes her look angry, so she has to constantly clarify that it’s just a visual struggle and nothing else. She also has a strange trait of randomly adopting a samurai-like speaking style, leaving us pretty confused. Undoubtedly, you cannot dislike Mie who effortlessly steals the show whenever the spotlight is on her.
Kaede Komura, voiced by Masahiro Itou, is the male lead in the manga and anime series. He’s reserved and ordinary, the typical goody-two-shoes who always tries to do the right thing, but his feelings for Mie make him nervous around her. We know guys tend to act a bit weird and nervous around the girls they like, so this isn’t something uncommon we come across.
Other characters are introduced, such as the popular guy, Komura and Mie’s friends, and more but the main focus in the first volume lie on Komura and Mie. Surely, we’ll see more of the supporting characters in the anime. Judging by the first volume of the manga. Reviewers claim more volumes aren’t needed. The trope can reach an exhaustion point, and it seems as if it’s already touched it. The anime will have to be short and cute for it to reach its full potential.
