Just Because!


Just Because! is a Japanese anime television series created by Hajime Kamoshida, with character design by Kiseki Himura. It was produced by Pine Jam. The series aired from October to December 2017.

Characters

Main

;Eita Izumi
;Mio Natsume
;Haruto Sōma
;Hazuki Morikawa
;Ena Komiya

Others

;Yoriko Inui
;Sanae Takahashi
;Momoka Suzuki
;Mayuko Satō
;Junpei Saruwatari
;Rikuto Ishigaki
;Tōru Shimizu
;Kaoru Yamaguchi
;Watanabe-sensei

Media

Anime

The project was first teased as an April's Fools joke in 2017 under title April 1st The Animation. It was later confirmed as real in the June issue of Gakken's Megami Magazine.
Kiseki Himura designed the characters, Atsushi Kobayashi directed the series with screenplay by Hajime Kamoshida. Hiroyuki Yoshii adapted Kiseki's art into animation. Keisuke Fukunaga produced the series. Pine Jam produced the animation. It aired from October 5 to December 28, 2017 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, MBS, and BS Fuji's programming block Anime Guild. Nagi Yanagi served as music producer as well performed the opening theme titled "Over and Over", while Karin Isobe, Yuna Yoshino, and Lynn performed the ending theme "behind". Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series and streamed it on Amazon's Anime Strike service in the U.S.. Sentai released the series for home video with an English dub on February 12, 2019. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia and streamed on Muse Asia YouTube channel.

Novel

A serialized novel adaptation of the anime was launched in Kadokawa's Da Vinci magazine starting October 2017 issue. The first chapter tells the prologue anime's plot. Atsushi Kobayashi illustrated the cover for the novel.

Web manga

A series of two-page-long manga chapters, illustrated by different authors, were published on the anime's official Twitter account from October 6 to December 10, 2017. A collected volume, which included a special Drama CD, was distributed at Comiket 93 from December 29–31, 2017.