Production company Bushiroad opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Kashiko Amane's Houkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru (Everyone's Darling Has a Secret) web manga on Monday, revealing the main cast, staff, and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime series will premiere in April 2027.

Cast
Hiruno Hizashi: Reiji Kawashima (Fumetsu no Anata e)
Rei Kuromiya: Hikaru Tono (Make Heroine ga Oosugiru)
Sakura Akai: Iori Noguchi (=LOVE) (Hashiri Tsuzukete Yokatta tte.)
Sora Konno: Ami Maeshima (BanG Dream! 2nd Season)

Staff
Director: Hikaru Satou (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon 2nd Season chief animation director)
Series Composition, Script: Fumihiko Shimo (Clannad)
Character Design: Azuma Tozawa (Kirei ni Shitemoraemasu ka.)
Music: Satoru Kousaki (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto), MONACA (Summertime Render)
Studio: Gekkou
Producer: Ryou Aizawa (Starry Cube) (Yuusha Party ni Kawaii Ko ga Ita node, Kokuhaku shitemita.)

Amane originally launched a preview serialization of the comedy romance manga in Young Animal magazine from July to August 2022. The series later began regular serialization on the Manga Park and Young Animal web service in September 2022. Hakusensha published the ninth volume on July 29.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in August 2024. The fourth volume went on sale on June 9.

Synopsis
Hiruno Hizashi, a freshman at a super-elite high school, has just finished his first academic proficiency test of the year. He anxiously awaits the results, which will set the tone for his next three years at school. But due to a mistake on his answer sheet, he receives an abysmal score and gets sent to remedial lessons! If there's one silver lining, he's not the only one—and his comrade could be the girl of his dreams?! (Source: Yen Press)

Official site: https://idol-afterschool.com/
Official X: @idolafterschool

Source: animate Times

Houkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru on MAL