The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me Anime Sets October 6 Premiere
Masayoshi Ōishi and HoneyWorks feat. Hoshikawa Sara perform the theme songs for the Tezuka Productions series.
The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me premieres October 6 on AT-X, with more TV broadcasts and Japanese streaming to follow. Its website also unveiled a second key visual, main promotional video, and theme song artists.
The official website for The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me (Shiotaiō no Satō-san ga Ore ni Dake Amai) announced Friday that the television anime premieres October 6. It also released a second key visual and main promotional video, and named the theme song artists.
The anime adapts the light novels written by Kazami Sawatari and illustrated by Achiki. Its broadcast and Japanese streaming schedule includes:
- AT-X: October 6 at 8:30 p.m.
- Tokyo MX, BS-TBS, and WOWOW: later that evening.
- CBC and MBS: also scheduled to air the series.
- d Anime Store and U-NEXT: streaming begins October 6 at 10:30 p.m.
Masayoshi Ōishi sings the opening theme, “Sugar Salt.” HoneyWorks feat. Hoshikawa Sara performs the ending theme, “Hatsukoi Reply” (First Love Reply).
The cast features:
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Sōta Oshio
- Miku Itō as Koharu Satō
- Miyu Tomita as Rinka Sudō
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Ren Misono
- Yoshino Aoyama as Shizuku Misono
- Hisako Kanemoto as Mayo Nezu
- Yasunori Matsumoto as Seizaemon Oshio
- Yūki Wakai as Madoka Murasaki
The main production staff includes:
- Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura (My Wife Has No Emotion, Jungle Emperor Leo / Hon-o-ji), at Tezuka Productions.
- Series scripts: Takashi Aoshima (The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You; Himouto! Umaruchan; Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!).
- Character design: Daisuke Okushima.
- Music: Shun Narita (365 Days to the Wedding, The Girl in Twilight, Harmony of Mille-Feuille).
The coming-of-age romantic comedy follows two people experiencing first love, each believing their feelings are unrequited. Café worker Sōta Oshio discovers that his classmate Koharu Satō, nicknamed “cold Satō-san,” is simply shy and awkward. The two quickly grow closer after that discovery.
Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko imprint started publishing the novels in 2019. Volume 13 ships October 16. Shogakukan’s NOVELOUS app releases the series in English as The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me.
Kaya Tetsuyama began the manga adaptation on Manga ONE and Ura Sunday in May 2020. Shogakukan will release its 11th collected volume on October 9.
Sources: The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me anime's website via Ota-Suke via ANN
