The final two episodes were delayed in June due to production issues
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Eku Takeshima's Whisper Me a Love Song (Sasayaku yō ni Koi wo Utau) manga revealed on Friday that episodes 11 and 12 of the anime will premiere on TV Asahi and its affiliates. its branch as well as on ABEMA on December 28 at 25:45 (actually December 29 at 1:45 am). Both episodes will air and stream at the same time. The website also revealed the “Cultural Festival Arc” visuals for the two episodes.
Image via Anime Whisper Me a Love Song website
©竹嶋えく・一迅社／ささやくように恋を唄う製作委員会
The anime premiered on April 13 in TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block after a previous delay. Episodes 9 and 10 aired at the end of June after a two-week delay due to production issues. At that time, the production team announced that they would reveal the broadcast schedule for episodes 11 and 12 later.
In August, the production team announced that they would delay the Blu-ray release of the anime by four months. to “production circumstances”. The first Blu-ray volume of the anime, originally scheduled for release on September 13, has now been scheduled for release on January 31 next year. The second episode was postponed from October 11 to February 28. The third episode was postponed from November 8 to March 28. The fourth episode was postponed from December 13 to April 30.
ANN later confirmed in late October that the domain name of show'a animation studio Cloud Hearts had expired and the website was currently inaccessible.
HIDIVE is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.
Publisher Kodansha USA is releasing the manga digitally and in print in English, and describes the first volume:
Bubbly, Himari, an energetic first-year high school student, falls in love with senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori that she only loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says that she loves Himari too! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai have two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what “love” really means…
Akira Mano (Ghost Hunt) replaced Xin Ya Cai (episode director for Arte, assistant director of The Genius Prince's Guide to Getting a Country Out of Debt) as director for the anime. Yokohama Animation Lab is currently credited as an animation producer on Cloud Hearts. Previously, Cloud Hearts alone was tasked with animation production with “animation production supervision” by Yokohama Animation Lab. Hiroki Uchida (Requiem of the Rose King, The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest) is supervising the script and Minami Yoshida (Mysteria Friends) is designing the characters. Hiroshi Sasaki and Wataru Maeguchi are composing the music.
Source: Whisper Me a Love Song anime website, Natalie Comics
