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Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret Teaser Adds Three ≒JOY Cast Members

The new video previews Indigo Impulse’s ending song ahead of the anime’s April 2027 premiere.

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Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret revealed three cast members from ≒JOY and previewed Indigo Impulse’s ending theme, "Naritai Watashi," in a new teaser.

Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret unveiled a new teaser Saturday, announcing three cast members from idol group ≒JOY. It also revealed and previewed the ending song, “Naritai Watashi” (The Me I Want To Become), by in-story idol group Indigo Impulse.

Watch the teaser on YouTube

The anime’s official website shared the video for the television adaptation of Kashiko Amane’s manga, also titled Hōkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru.

The newly announced cast members are:

  • Aimi Ozawa as Hōfu
  • Renon Esumi as Saitō
  • Aoi Ōnishi as Okaba

The anime will premiere in April 2027. Crunchyroll will stream it as it airs in Japan.

The previously announced cast includes:

  • Reiji Kawashima as Hizashi Hiruno
  • Hikaru Tōno as Rei Kuromiya
  • =LOVE idol group member Iori Noguchi as Sakura Akai
  • Ami Maeshima as Sora Konno

The production staff includes:

  • Hikaru Sato directs the anime at Gekkō. His credits include The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You and Dropkick on My Devil!
  • Fumihiko Shimo oversees and writes the series scripts. His credits include BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense., Full Metal Panic!, and Infinite Stratos.
  • Kibidango 14-gō, also known as Azuma Tozawa, designs the characters. His credits include Wash It All Away.
  • Satoru Kōsaki composes the music. His credits include The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Monogatari Series, and Aharen-san wa Hakarenai.
  • monaca also composes the music. Its credits include Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Star Driver, and Wake Up, Girls!
  • Ryō Aizawa of Starry Cube produces the anime.

Yen Press publishes the manga in English. Its story follows Hizashi Hiruno, a freshman at a super-elite high school who has just finished his first academic proficiency test of the year.

He anxiously awaits results that will set the tone for his next three years at school. But an answer-sheet mistake leaves him with an abysmal score and lands him in remedial lessons.

There is one silver lining: he is not alone. His fellow student could be the girl of his dreams.

Amane has serialized the manga on Hakusensha’s Young Animal Web site since September 2022. Hakusensha published the ninth volume this past July, while Yen Press published the fourth English volume in June.

Sources: Everyone's Darling Has a Secret anime's website via ANN

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