© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
The summer 2020 anime adaptation of the manga Rent-A-Girlfriend is getting some new attention as some new updates on the property have come in. After being quiet for a bit, a fourth season was announced in July 2024 with plans for a 2025 debut. The production revealed that the first of two parts will arrive in July 2025, with a break before the second part arrives in 2026. Crunchyroll previously confirmed its pickup of the series, with it set for worldwide availability outside of Asia.
The fifth season saw an April 8th, 2026, premiere date, and the production has now brought out the first preview of the 51st episode ahead of its April 22nd, 2026, debut.
The series was directed by Kazuomi Koga based on the scripts from Mitsutaka Hirota. Kanna Hirayama worked on the character designs with TMS Entertainment working on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Sora Amamiya as Chizuru Mizuhara, Aoi Yūki as Mami Nanami, Nao Tōyama as Ruka Sarashina, Rie Takahashi as Sumi Sakrasawa, Shun Horie as Kazuya Kinoshita, Yukari Nozawa as Nagomi Kinoshita, Masayuki Akasaka as Yoshiaki Kibe, and Gakuto Kajiwara as Shun Kuribayashi.
The fifth season features the opening theme song “Non Scenario Etude” performed by Sora Amamiya, while the ending theme song is “204-goshitsu” performed by NAKIGATO.
The manga from Reiji Miyajima began in 2017 and has twelve volumes to its name as of its anime announcement. The property is serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine with Kodansha Comics bringing it out in English in 2020.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. “Ugh… Damn it. I never want to go through that again.” Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and suddenly hears,”You’re Kazuya-kun, right?” A beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
© Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / Rent-A-Girlfriend Production Committee
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