{"rewrite":{"id":"r_862d64fbd805c7063dafe131","clusterId":"c_50970ccf90cd925e6c815b43","slug":"just-like-mona-lisa-anime-sets-2027-premiere-imase-ending-theme","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Just Like Mona Lisa Anime Sets 2027 Premiere, imase Ending Theme","summary":"The television anime of Tsumuji Yoshimura's Just Like Mona Lisa manga received its first main trailer and main visual on Wednesday, and the official website confirmed a 2027 premiere. The trailer announces and previews the ending theme \"Mayoi wa Hikari\" by singer-songwriter imase. Seven cast members were added: Yoshino Aoyama, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Snow Man member Daisuke Sakuma, Chiharu, Kakeru Hatano, Haruna Mikawa and Shion Wakayama. The site did not say which characters they voice. Chika Anzai plays protagonist Hinase Arima, a third-year high school student still genderless at eighteen. Character visuals went out for Hinase and classmates including Shiori Takayama, Ritsu Kaga, Aoi Shirogane, Chiaki Kurokawa, Tamaki Beppu, Rui Kinosaki and Mahiro Goshiki. Kana Shundo directs at SHAFT, with CyberAgent managing production. Nobuhiro Sugiyama designs the characters and shares chief animation director duties, Yuki Hayashi composes, and Katsuhiko Takayama oversees series scripts.","whyItMatters":"The production credits pair a director whose previous series was Apocalypse Hotel with a studio in its 50th anniversary year, and the cast announcement held back the roles, leaving the character assignments as the next thing to watch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSeven cast members join without role assignments: Yoshino Aoyama, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Snow Man member Daisuke Sakuma, Chiharu, Kakeru Hatano, Haruna Mikawa and Shion Wakayama. The site posted character visuals for Hinase and the class roster, with personalities attached:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShiori Takayama, serious and fond of drawing, has feelings for childhood friend Hinase.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRitsu Kaga, a cheerful tennis club member, also has feelings for Hinase.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAoi Shirogane struggles with her tall height and has known Chiaki since kindergarten.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChiaki Kurokawa is a bit of a jester with a straightforward streak and exaggerates his height.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTamaki Beppu is honest and acts like a big sister to everyone.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRui Kinosaki is considerate and skilled at handicrafts.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMahiro Goshiki is gentle and easygoing, with a passion for making sweets.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe staff list adds assistant director Kōji Matsumura, chief animation director Kazuya Shiotsuki alongside Nobuhiro Sugiyama, main animator Yoshiaki Itō, art director Yukako Ogawa of KLAS, color key artist Yasuko Watanabe, CG directors Kentaro Sasaki of BUEMON and Hisato Shima, photography director Rei Egami, editor Rie Matsubara and sound director Kōhei Yoshida.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe manga ran on Square Enix\u0026#39;s Gangan Online from May 2018 to December 2022, ending at 10 volumes, and has passed 1 million copies in circulation. Square Enix Manga \u0026amp; Books published the 10th volume in print on May 19. CyberAgent first announced the adaptation under the codename \u0026#34;Project M.\u0026#34; SHAFT\u0026#39;s directing credits include Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the Monogatari series and March Comes in Like a Lion, and the production falls in the studio\u0026#39;s 50th anniversary year.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Just Like Mona Lisa hands its ending theme to imase while SHAFT and CyberAgent keep the seven new cast members' roles unannounced. The trailer leads with voices the credits do not explain yet.","twitterPost":"Just Like Mona Lisa adds seven cast members but names no roles for them, so the trailer sells voices the credits leave blank.","threadsPost":"Just Like Mona Lisa confirms imase for the ending theme and adds seven cast members, yet the site lists none of their roles. That gap shapes how the trailer reads: viewers hear new voices with no character attached, and the mystery sits in the credits.","newsletterBlurb":"Just Like Mona Lisa has a 2027 premiere date, a first main trailer and a main visual. imase sings the ending theme \"Mayoi wa Hikari,\" and seven cast members were added without role assignments.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-21/just-like-mona-lisa-tv-anime-1st-trailer-unveils-more-cast-and-staff-2027-debut/.243048\",\"title\":\"Just Like Mona Lisa TV Anime's 1st Trailer Unveils More Cast \\u0026 Staff, 2027 Debut\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/just-like-mona-lisa-anime-reveals-main-visual-trailer-additional-cast-ending-theme-song-artist/\",\"title\":\"Just Like Mona Lisa Anime Reveals Main Visual, Trailer, Additional Cast, Ending Theme Song Artist\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10318,"outputTokens":1522,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792571831,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T08:32:06.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T08:36:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T08:36:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_50970ccf90cd925e6c815b43","canonicalTitle":"Just Like Mona Lisa Anime Reveals Main Visual, Trailer, Additional Cast, Ending Theme Song Artist","representativeArticleId":"a_3fbf4b563c1c2d1b1dabd78d","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Just Like Mona Lisa\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"imase\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-21T04:33:42.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-21T05:52:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T08:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-21/just-like-mona-lisa-tv-anime-1st-trailer-unveils-more-cast-and-staff-2027-debut/.243048","title":"News\nJust Like Mona Lisa TV Anime's 1st Trailer Unveils More Cast \u0026 Staff, 2027 Debut"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/just-like-mona-lisa-anime-reveals-main-visual-trailer-additional-cast-ending-theme-song-artist/","title":"Just Like Mona Lisa Anime Reveals Main Visual, Trailer, Additional Cast, Ending Theme Song Artist"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Just Like Mona Lisa"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["imase"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Just Like Mona Lisa will premiere in 2027, with Kana Shundo directing at SHAFT and CyberAgent managing production.","imase performs the ending theme song \"Mayoi wa Hikari,\" previewed in the anime's first main trailer.","Seven cast members were added to Just Like Mona Lisa: Yoshino Aoyama, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Daisuke Sakuma, Chiharu, Kakeru Hatano, Haruna Mikawa and Shion Wakayama.","Chika Anzai voices protagonist Hinase Arima in Just Like Mona Lisa.","Tsumuji Yoshimura's Just Like Mona Lisa manga ran on Gangan Online from May 2018 to December 2022 and ended in its 10th compiled volume."]}