With a planned July 2014 premiere ahead of it, Kadokawa has brought out the first promotional video for the anime adaptation of the boys-love manga series Love Stage!!. The adaptation was first announced back in May 2013 and finally started getting some information back in January 2014. JC Staff has been set to adapt the work that’s based off of the manga by Eiki Eiki and Taishi Zao. Serialized in Asuka Ciel, the title has been running since the summer of 2010 and has also had a spinoff called Back Stage!! as well. The series has three volumes to its name so far and continues to be ongoing.
- Director: Kenichi Kasai
- Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
- Character Design: Yoko Ito
- Animation Production: J.C.Staff
Tsubasa Yonaga stars as Izumi Sena along with Takuya Eguchi as Ryuma Ichijo, the only two actors to be revealed so far.
Plot Concept: With a father who’s a singer, a mother who’s a movie star, and an older brother Shougo who’s the lead vocalist for the super-popular band ‘The Crusherz’, Sena Izumi–an otaku college student–is the only dull one born into this super famous and talented family. He loves “Magical Girl LalaLulu” and is working hard to become a mangaka, but one day he winds up appearing in a TV commercial he just can’t turn down. There, he’s reunited with Ichijou Ryouma, the super-popular young actor he costarred with on a project ten years prior.