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Nemo Kurio's manga adaptation ended in March 2025.","whyItMatters":"The Date A Live creative team of writer Koushi Tachibana and illustrator Tsunako gets its second series on screen, and Aniplex is attaching Rie Takahashi and a 2027 slot before a studio or full staff has been named.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe teaser visual is the first look at the project, though Aniplex has not announced which studio will animate it. The manga adaptation, drawn by Nemo Kurio, ran on Gangan Online from February 2023 and closed with its sixth volume in March 2025, so the anime will arrive without a serialized manga running alongside it.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe source material is far enough along to build a season from: Kadokawa expects the ninth novel in Japan on December 18, and Yen Press is two languages behind that, having put out volume eight on October 13. The premise involves a powerful witch, Saika, who gives up both her powers and her body to a high school boy, Mushiki Kuga, who then has to pose as her at a mage academy.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"King's Proposal anime sets a 2027 premiere. Rie Takahashi voices Saika Kuozaki. Aniplex also released a teaser visual; no studio has been named yet. The light novels from the Date A Live team ship volume nine in Japan on December 18.","twitterPost":"King's Proposal anime will premiere in 2027. Rie Takahashi plays Saika Kuozaki. Aniplex also revealed a teaser visual, with no studio named yet. The Date A Live team's light novels reach volume nine in Japan on December 18.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Aniplex confirmed the King's Proposal anime for 2027 and named Rie Takahashi as Saika Kuozaki, with a teaser visual out now. The light novels, written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako, ship volume nine in Japan on December 18. 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