Junjou Romantica: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Junjou Romantica is an anime that follows the lives and loves of three shonen-ai (boy-love) couples. The stories are divided into 3 groups: Junjou Romantica, Junjou Egoist, and Junjou Terrorist. The first couple is Misaki and Akihito. It is the story about Misaki having to live with his brother's childhood friend, Akihito. Akihito is completely in love with Misaki's older brother, so he would do anything he asks of him, even if it means putting up with his idiotic, little brother. But, after Misaki's older brother gets marries, how will Akihito deal with the heartbreak? The story continues will Misaki consoling Akihito, but sometimes consoling turns into romance. Also, there is Hiroki, another one of Akihito's childhood friends, who is very in love with Akihito. The problem is, Akihito doesn't think of Hiroki in any way other than friendship. Luckily for Hiroki, he meets Nowaki. Nowak

Series details

• Title: Junjou Romantica
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2008-04-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 4707

Cast and credited roles

• Daisuke Kishio — Takatsuki, Shinobu
• Nobutoshi Canna — Kusama, Nowaki
• Hikaru Hanada — Usami, Akihiko
• Kazuhiko Inoue — Miyagi, You
• Kentaro Ito — Kamijou, Hiroki
• Takahiro Sakurai — Takahashi, Misaki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-04-10; final listed air date 2008-06-26.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-10-11; final listed air date 2008-12-27.
• Season 3: premiered 2015-07-09; final listed air date 2015-09-24.

Source and licence

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