Let’s Go Karaoke! TV Anime Debuts in Japan on July 24, Captivated, by You Premieres on August 21

Let’s Go Karaoke! TV Anime Debuts in Japan on July 24, Captivated, by You Premieres August 21
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The upcoming TV anime adaptations of Let’s Go Karaoke! and Captivated, by You have announced their anticipated premiere dates throughout the Summer 2025 season. Let’s Go Karaoke! is set to debut in Japan on July 24, 2025, while Captivated, by You will air on August 21, 2025. Both series are scheduled to broadcast on TOKYO MX at 10:30 PM JST, followed by later airings on BS11, Kansai TV, Nagoya TV, HBC Hokkaido Broadcasting, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting.

Asami Nakatani (Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirage) is directing both anime series, with Yukiko Tsukahara (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Episode 9 co-director) serving as assistant director, Mai Matsuura (The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians, King of Prism by Pretty Rhythm) as character designer, and Takuro Iga (OSHI NO KO) as music composer. Doga Kobo is responsible for the animation production of both series.
The main voice cast for Let’s Go Karaoke! features Shun Horie as Satomi Oka, Daisuke Ono as Kyoji Narita, and Shinnosuke Tokudome as Wada.
On the other hand, the primary voice cast of Captivated, by You includes:

  • • Kensho ​Ono as Miyoshi ​Hayashi
  • • Koki ​Uchiyama as Jouji Ema
  • • Nobuhiko Okamoto as Akira Nikaidou
  • • vYuki Ono as Yuichi Medaka

Yama Wayama’s Let’s Go Karaoke! and Captivated, by You are both single-volume manga published under Enterbrain’s Beam Comics, initially released as doujin. Yen Press publishes both works in English for North America.
Captivated, by You was first released as a doujin on February 17, 2019, and was later published by Enterbrain on August 10, 2019. It led to a 5-episode live-action TV drama in 2021.

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