Miyuri Shimabukuro<\/a> as Azuma, “a mature-minded girl in Suzuki and Tani’s class. Wataru Kat\u014d<\/a> as Taira, “a boy in Suzuki and Tani’s class with a cynical attitude. \u00a9 Kocha Agasawa\/SHUEISHA, You and I Are Polar Opposites Committee<\/p>\n The anime will star Sayumi Suzushiro<\/a> as Suzuki and Sh\u014dgo Sakata<\/a> as Tani. \u00a9 Kocha Agasawa\/SHUEISHA, You and I Are Polar Opposites Committee<\/p>\n Konatsu Hirabayashi<\/a> as Sato \u00a9 Kocha Agasawa\/SHUEISHA, You and I Are Polar Opposites Committee<\/p>\n Anji Iwata<\/a> as Yamada \u00a9 Kocha Agasawa\/SHUEISHA, You and I Are Polar Opposites Committee<\/p>\n The anime will premiere in January 2026. Crunchyroll<\/a> will stream<\/a> the series as it airs.<\/p>\n Takakazu Nagatomo<\/a> is directing the anime at Lapin Track<\/a>. Teruko Utsumi<\/a> (Sarazanmai<\/a>) is writing the scripts and is also serving as animation producer. Mako Miyako<\/a> is designing the characters. Naho Kozono<\/a> (Golden Kamuy<\/a>) is the sub-character designer, and is also the chief animation director, along with Sayuri Sakimoto<\/a> (Orient). The musician tofubeats<\/a> is composing the music.<\/p>\n Chieko Nakamura<\/a> (Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence<\/a>) is directing the art. Tomoyuki Shiokawa<\/a> (The Promised Neverland<\/a>) is the compositing director of photography. Yuki Akimoto<\/a> (SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary<\/a>) is the color key artist. Yuushi Koshida<\/a> (My Happy Marriage<\/a>) is serving as 3D director. Masayuki Kurosawa<\/a> (Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez<\/a>) is editing. Wataru Osakabe<\/a> (Pompo: The Cin\u00e9phile<\/a>) is handling 2D design. SHOCHIKU anime<\/a> is overseeing the production.<\/p>\n MANGA Plus<\/a> published the series in English and describes the story:\n<\/p>\n \tSuzuki, an energetic girl who can’t help but follow the crowd, finds herself drawn to Tani, a quiet boy who can easily speak his mind. Enter: the serialization of a hit one-shot! A story for anyone who wants to enjoy love! This down-to-earth, relatable rom-com is ready to pull at your heartstrings!<\/p>\n Agasawa launched<\/a> the manga on Shueisha<\/a>‘s Shonen Jump+<\/a> platform in May 2022. The manga originally launched<\/a> as a one-shot on the website in January 2021. The manga ended<\/a> in November 2024. Shueisha shipped the eighth and final compiled book volume on March 4.<\/p>\n Viz Media<\/a> also publishes<\/a> the series in English.<\/p>\n The series has over 1.45 million copies in circulation (including digital copies). The manga ranked<\/a> #3 in the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023, and<\/a> #7 in the 17th Manga Taisho Awards in 2024. <\/p>\n Sources: You and I Are Polar Opposites anime’s website<\/a>, Comic Natalie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shimabukuro, Kat\u014d play classmates Azuma, Taira The “ABEMA Anime Festival 2025 supported by Comic C’moA” announced two more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-33602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThough she comes off as jaded, she’s never experienced a proper romantic relationship.”
\n![\"02_character_stand06big2.png\"](\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/229014\/02_character_stand06big2.png.jpg\")
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\nLacking confidence, he often compares himself to others and ends up feeling insecure or down.”<\/p>\n![\"02_character_stand07big2.png\"](\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/229014\/02_character_stand07big2.png.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"you-and-i-are-polar-opposites_kv_englogo_rgb_web\"](\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/226369\/you-and-i-are-polar-opposites_kv_englogo_rgb_web.jpg\")
Image courtesy of Shochiku<\/p>\n
The other cast members include:
\nYuna Taniguchi<\/a> as Watanabe
\n![\"watanabe.png\"](\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/227929\/watanabe.png.jpg\")
Image via You and I Are Polar Opposites anime’s website<\/a><\/p>\n
\n![\"sato.png\"](\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/227929\/sato.png.jpg\")
Image via You and I Are Polar Opposites anime’s website<\/a><\/p>\n
\n![\"yamada.png\"](\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/227929\/yamada.png.jpg\")
Image via You and I Are Polar Opposites anime’s website<\/a><\/p>\n