HoneyWorks' "Heroine Tarumono!" VOCALOID Song Gets TV Anime in April 2022

The VOCALOID song “Heroine Tarumono! Kiraware Heroine to Naisho no O-Shigoto” (ヒロインたるもの！〜嫌われヒロインと内緒のお仕事〜) by creator unit HoneyWorks is inspiring a TV anime under the same name in April 2022. A teaser visual, video and main cast are revealed.

Heroine Taru Mono! is a character song for Hiyori Suzumi, a high school girl who later becomes the apprentice manager of the high school idol unit LIP×LIP. The coming-of-age story revolves around Hiyori’s struggles as a manager and her relationship with Yūjirō Someya and Aizō Shibasaki, her classmates and the members of LIP×LIP.

The cast members from the Confession Executive Committee song series will reprise their roles in the anime. The series is directed by Noriko Hashimoto and animated by Lay-duce. I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol anime script writer is in charge of the series’ script, Kaori Ishii is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.

▍Teaser Video

▍Cast

■ Hiyori Suzumi – CV: Inori Minase

■ Yūjirō Someya (LIP×LIP) – CV: Kouki Uchiyama

■ Aizō Shibasaki (LIP×LIP) – CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki

■ Juri Hattori – CV: Ayane Sakura

■ Chizuru Nakamura – CV: Saori Hayami

▍Staff and Production

Original Work & Music: HoneyWorks
Director: Noriko Hashimoto
Series Composition & Script: Yoshimi Narita
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Kaori Ishii
Art Director: Ryōsuke Obokata
Color Design: Tomoko Yamazaki
Director of Photography: Yomogiko Murano
Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Music: Moe Hyūga
Animation Producer: Noritomo Yonai
Animation: Lay-duce
Planning & Produce: Shunsuke Saito

▍Cast

■ Hiyori Suzumi – CV: Inori Minase
■ Yūjirō Someya (LIP×LIP) – CV: Kouki Uchiyama
■ Aizō Shibasaki (LIP×LIP) – CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki
■ Juri Hattori – CV: Ayane Sakura
■ Chizuru Nakamura – CV: Saori Hayami