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Muse Vietnam Adds Harukana Receive, Love and Lies Anime Today
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Vietnam announced on Monday and Tuesday that it will add both the Harukana Receive and Love and Lies anime on Wednesday. Both series will debut their first episodes on the YouTube channel at 7:00 p.m. GMT +7 with a new episode every day.
Harukana Receive is based on Nyojizai's manga, and premiered in July 2018. Toshiyuki Kubooka (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) directed the anime at C2C, and Touko Machida (A Centaur's Life, Wake Up, Girls!) supervised and wrote the series scripts. Takeshi Oda (Onee-chan ga Kita, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki 4) designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Akiko Fujita directed the sound at HALF H·P STUDIO. Rasmus Faber (The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water, Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne) composed the music at Kadokawa.
Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in North America, and it describes the story:
When high schooler Haruka moves to Okinawa, she finds herself enamored with the beach right outside her front door and resolves to form a volleyball team with her cousin, Kanata. However, because she's so short, Kanata gave up on volleyball ages ago. Can Haruka get her to take up the sport again in time for the junior tournament?
Nyoijizai launched the manga in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine in August 2015, and ended it on September 24. Houbunsha published the manga's 10th and final compiled book volume on October 12.
Love and Lies is based on Musawo's manga, and premiered in July 2017. Seiki Takuno (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, Poco's Udon World, Sekkō Boys) directed the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Natsuko Takahashi was in charge of series composition. Eriko Itō drew the animation character designs, and was also the chief animation director.
Sentai Filmworks streamed the anime in North America, and it describes the story:
In order to increase birth rates, Japan implements a capability calculation that assigns partners to young people when they turn 16. Those who deviate from their assigned partners are severely punished. Yukari Nejima has been in love with Misaki Tazaki since grade school, and finally confesses to her on his 16th birthday, only to find out he has been assigned to Ririna Sanada. Originally not thrilled, Ririna agrees to allow Yukari and Misaki to continue their illicit relationship in hopes of learning more about love. Things get complicated when Love and Lies start to intersect.
Musawo launched the manga in DeNA's MangaBox app in both English and Japanese in August 2014, and within a month, it ranked as the app's most popular work with 3.5 million viewers. A separate live-action film adaptation also opened in 2017. Kodansha published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on March 9.
