Winter 2023 Preview: Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible
Winter 2023 Preview: Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible
There are more than three dozen anime slated to be released in Winter 2023. They all come from different studios, and tell stories from different genres. However, the overwhelming majority of them are either action, adventure, or fantasy. After all, those are the most popular anime genres in the world, so it’s only natural that most upcoming anime will be within those genres.
So what about Romantic Comedy? Is there anything that the fans of this genre can enjoy for the Winter 2023 season? Fortunately, the answer is yes. There’s a handful of RomCom anime that we can see in January, one of which is called Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible. It’s a heartwarming anime that will surely make you smile, and here’s everything that you need to know about it.
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Junta Shiraishi is just another freshman in his high school. Nobody notices him in class and nobody will go out of their way to talk to him. It’s not that they hate him or want to bully him. Junta is just barely noticeable to them. However, Junta doesn’t really have a problem with that. After all, he doesn’t really like being in the spotlight, so he is perfectly fine with this whole situation.
Nagisa Kubo, on the other hand, is the polar opposite of Junta. She is a kind and energetic beauty. She is definitely the class idol. Needless to say, everybody likes to hang around Kubo. However, for some unknown reason, Kubo loves to talk and tease Junta. As a matter of fact, the only reason people notice Junta is when Kubo teases him.
Everybody in class, especially Junta himself, is perplexed about this strange phenomenon. Why does Kubo like to talk and tease him? Does she simply play around? Or maybe there’s something deeper behind her adorable actions? Why won’t she let him be invisible?
For The Fans of Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie
Kubo Won’t Let Me be Invisible is an anime adaptation of a manga with the same name, written and drawn by Nene Yukimori. The manga itself was first published back in 2019, which means there’s an ample amount of material for this anime to cover.
Reading the summary of this anime, one particular anime immediately comes to mind, which is Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie, one of the most popular RomCom anime in 2022. After all, both anime have a pairing between a popular girl with a regular boy. Not only that, both anime also showcase a heroine that is actively trying to capture the heart of the timid hero. And for the most part, the hero is left blushed and speechless by what the heroine said and done.
It practically reverses the traditional role between a hero and heroine in a RomCom comedy, and that is what makes the story so interesting. So if you like Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie, chances are you’ll like Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible as well.
The Characters
As mentioned before, the main characters in this series are the timid and introverted boy named Junta Shiraishi, and the beautiful and mischievous Nagisa Kubo. Junta Shiraishi will be voiced by Kengo Kawanishi, the voice actor that has brought to life iconic characters such as Rei Kiriyama from March Comes In Like A Lion and Mikazuki August from Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphan.
Meanwhile, Kubo Nagisa is voiced by Kana Hanazawa, a voice actress that has lent her voice to beloved characters such as Kosaki Onodera from Nisekoi and Shiemi Moriyama from Blue Exorcist. Other notable characters in this series include Nagisa’s older sister Akina Kubo, Junta’s mother Yoshie Shiraishi, and their classmates Kudo Hazuki and Taira Tamao.
The Staff
Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible is produced by an animation studio called Pine Jam, the studio behind quirky anime like Gleipner and Do It Yourself!. The director for this series is Kazuomi Koga. He has worked as Unit Director and Episode Director for a bunch of anime before, such as Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World and Golden Kamuy.
Other notable people are the Scriptwriter Yuya Takahashi (Tiger & Bunny, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone), Kujira Yumemi (In the Land of Leadale) on the Music, and Kou Aine (Engage Kiss, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) as the Chief Animation Director. The Opening Theme Song is “Dramatic Janakutemo” by Kana Hanazawa, while the Ending Theme Song is “Kasuka de Tashika” by Dialogue+.
Release Date
Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible will be released on January 10. Viewers outside of Asia can watch this series on HIDIVE. This will be a part of the Winter 2023 anime line up for this streaming platform, which include Spy Classroom, My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog, Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte, and also Tsurune: The Linking Shot.
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