Rascal Does Now now not Dream of Santa Claus Anime’s Video Unearths More Solid, Opening Song, July TV Premiere

The AnimeJapan 2025 panel for Rascal Does Now now not Dream of Santa Claus (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai), the tv anime adaptation of the “University Student Arc” of the Seishun Buta Yarō (Rascal Does Now now not Dream) light unique series, debuted the important thing promotional video for the anime on Saturday. The video shows more cast members for the anime, previews the anime’s opening theme tune “Snowdrop” by Conton Candy, and also shows the anime’s July tv premiere date.

The unique cast members embrace:

Reina Ueda plays the character Miniskirt Santa.

The returning workers for the anime involves director Sōichi Masui, anime studio CloverWorks, series composition author Masahiro Yokotani, character fashion designer Satomi Tamura, sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami, and composer fox seize conception.

Kadokawa printed the important thing unique in Hajime Kamoshida‘s series, titled Rascal Does Now now not Dream of Bunny Lady Senpai (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Lady-senpai no Yume wo Minai), in April 2014. The series is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The series has more than 3 million copies in circulation (no longer sold). The 14th unique, titled Seishun Buta Yarō wa Girfriend no Yume wo Minai (Rascal Does Now now not Dream of a Female friend), shipped on August 9. The 15th and final quantity, Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dear Buddy no Yume wo Minai (Rascal Does Now now not Dream of a Dear Buddy), released on October 10.

Yen Press is releasing the radical series in English.

Rascal Does Now now not Dream of Bunny Lady Senpai (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Lady-senpai no Yume wo Minai), the important thing tv anime in response to the light unique series, premiered in Japan in October 2018 and aired for 13 episodes. The anime adapts the fable as much as the fifth unique quantity. Aniplex of The United States streamed the series on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and diverse companies and products.

Rascal Does Now now not Dream of a Dreaming Lady (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yume-Miru Shōjo no Yume wo Minai), the anime film that adapts the sixth and seventh light unique volumes in the franchise, opened in Japan in June 2019. Aniplex of The United States and Funimation Motion images screened the anime in the US.

A sequel anime project tailored the eighth and ninth novels in the franchise: Rascal Does Now now not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out and Rascal Does Now now not Dream of a Knapsack Kid. The Rascal Does Now now not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out film opened in Japan in June 2023. Rascal Does Now now not Dream of a Knapsack Kid opened in Japan in December 2023. Aniplex of The United States screened the motion images with English subtitles in U.S. theaters on March 24, and with an English dub on March 25.

Update: Added English-subtiled video. Source: Aniplex USA‘s YouTube channel

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