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'The Perfect Prince Loves Me, the Side Character?!' Anime Debuts Early on March 15
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Coolmic on March 15. Episode 2 will air on April 14, with new episodes releasing every Saturday after.
Suiseisha also revealed a screenshot from the anime.


"You're the one.... I've always longed for." — The Perfect Prince Loves Me, the Side Character?!Side Character — Unimportant. Constantly getting in the way of the main characters' love story.
After finding himself reincarnated into the world of a novel, Loneal goes to great lengths to steer clear of Prince Alec, the hero, to avoid disrupting the main storyline between Alec and the heroine, Lily. However, to Loneal's great surprise, the prince becomes infatuated with...him?!
"A charming physique, such as yours, more than makes up for your lack of experience."
Before he knows it, he finds himself melting into the prince's arms... Why is everything so different from the novel?!
The anime stars:
- Santa Hiiragi as Alec Ray Garcium
- Haru Danji as Loneal Gravis
- Mei Hanamori as Lily Philips
- Shū Kasumi as Zeno Orwen
- Shō Shioko as Noah Carlisle
The staff for the anime includes:
- Director: Akikonchi
- Character Design: Akari Minagawa
- Sub-Character Design: Reina Nasu
- Chief Animation Director: Maki Hashimoto
- Color Design: Kanata Kawanobe
- Art Setting: Masahiro Satō
- Director of Photography: Takuto Tomozawa
- Editing: Kōki Shinkai
- Sound Director: Hisayoshi Hirasawa
- Sound Production: Studio Mausu
- Animation Production: Studio Hōkiboshi
As with many previous AnimeFesta anime, the anime will have two different versions: a "broadcast" version (the censored version aired on television), and a "" uncensored version distributed online. The version will begin streaming on the AnimeFesta website in mid-March. The broadcast version will premiere on BS11 on April 7.
Yuki launched the manga on ComicFesta website in 2022. Coolmic distributes the manga in English under the title The Perfect Prince Loves Me, His Rival?!.
WWWave Corporation owns the ComicFesta web manga service, as well as the AnimeFesta anime programming block. AnimeFesta (formerly Anime Zone and On a Lustful Night Mingling with a Priest (Sōryo to Majiwaru Shikiyoku no Yoru ni...), whose Japanese title has led to AnimeFesta anime sometimes being called "Sōryo-waku" (Sōryo-type) by fans. Most of the anime series have two different versions: a "broadcast" version (the censored version aired on television), and a "" uncensored version distributed online. WWWave Corporation releases many of the anime titles in English on its Coolmic website.
The latest AnimeFesta anime was Adam's Sweet Agony (streaming an English-subtitled version of the anime on December 26.
Source: Press release