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Centimillimental performs the opening theme \"Kanawanai\" and Rainy the ending \"Mada Uso ni wa Naranai.\" The series airs on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, with MBS following on October 6.","whyItMatters":"The video fills out the production roster for a light novel adaptation that finished its run in 2020, so the staff and cast announcements are what carry a series whose source material is already closed.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe promotional video also lists staff additions: art setting by Maho Takahashi, art direction by Scott MacDonald, color setting by Yuki Hayashi, CG direction by Yudai Takahashi, photography by Hiroaki Asano, editing by Toshihiko Kojima, and music production by Shigeru Saitō. Mikako Komatsu voices Rose and Yōhei Azakami voices Harij. Keizō Kusakawa directs at diomedéa, with Wataru Watari on series scripts and Masakazu Ishikawa designing characters. 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