The upcoming anime A Star Brighter Than the Sun (initially titled Taiyō Yori mo Mabushii Hoshi) simply obtained a significant replace! The official web site has launched its first teaser visible and promotional video, together with the important voice forged, employees, and a confirmed launch window—October 2025 on Japan’s TBS channel.
Based mostly on the romantic manga by Kazune Kawahara, this highschool love story is about to shine brightly in the anime scene.
The anime will star Minori Fujidera as Sae Iwata, the cheerful and relatable heroine who realizes her childhood pal has change into somebody she may need deeper emotions for. Becoming a member of her is Yūki Ono as Kōki Kamishiro, the cool and kind-hearted boy who all of a sudden begins catching everybody’s consideration—together with Sae’s.
The sequence is being directed by Aya Kobayashi, recognized for her work on Vinland Saga and Spy x Household. The script is dealt with by Yasuhiro Nakanishi, the expertise behind hits like Kaguya-sama: Love is Warfare and Shy. Character designs are by Jinfeng Zeng, and the music consists by the duo Natsumi Tabuchi and Miki Sakurai, who beforehand labored on Aggretsuko and I am the Villainess, So I am Taming the Closing Boss.
The animation is being produced by Studio KAI, promising high-quality visuals and emotional storytelling.
Kazune Kawahara’s manga initially launched in Bessatsu Margaret journal again in June 2021. It’s been praised for its heartfelt tackle teen romance and rising up. The story follows Sae and Kōki, childhood buddies whose relationship begins to alter as they enter highschool. Sae slowly realizes she’s falling for Kōki—however she isn’t the just one with eyes on him.
The eleventh quantity of the manga is about to launch in Japan this Thursday. In the meantime, English writer Viz Media launched the first English quantity on March 4, 2025, making it extra accessible to worldwide followers.
Kawahara is not any stranger to hits. Her earlier works, together with Excessive Faculty Debut and My Love Story!!, have been was anime and live-action movies. With a robust workforce and a captivating love story, A Star Brighter Than the Sun is shaping as much as be one other fan favourite this fall.
