Live-Action My Dress-Up Darling Series Posts Trailer With Theme Songs

MBS revealed two versions of the trailer for the live-action series of Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru) manga on Wednesday. The trailer's opening theme song version features "Princess Hero" by Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu, and the ending theme song version features "Lovely Baby" by the band PEDRO.

Opening theme song version

Ending theme song version

Image via Dramaism's X/Twitter account

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Iko Nagase (Child of Kamiari Month, live-action Insomniacs After School) and Kōta Nomura (live-action My Girlfriend's Child, Perfect Propose, Shin Shinchō Kōki ~ Classmate wa Sengoku Bujō) star as Marin Kitagawa and Wakana Gojō, respectively.

Additional cast includes:

Akana Ikeda as Sajuna Inui Kokoro Toyoshima as Shinju Inui Daichi Shiozaki as Chitose Amano Meikyō Yamada as Kaoru Gojō

The series will premiere in the Dramaism programming block on MBS on October 8 at 24:59 (effectively, October 9 at 12:59 a.m.), and it will also run on TBS.

Kōji Shintoku (live-action Peach Girl, Honey So Sweet, Honey Lemon Soda) is directing the series, and Satoko Okazaki (episodes of Laughing Under the Clouds, Tiger & Bunny, live-action Waiting for Spring) is writing the scripts. Kyōdō Television is producing the project.

Square Enix Manga & Books publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:

Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojō passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: cosplay.

The manga launched in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine in January 2018. Square Enix published the manga's 13th compiled book volume on May 24. Square Enix Manga & Books published the manga's 11th volume in English on April 16. The manga switched to a monthly serialization for its current "Tenmei" (Mandate of Heaven) arc on September 15, 2023. The manga's "Tenmei" arc had launched with the 86th chapter that debuted on January 6, 2023.

The manga inspired a television anime that premiered in January 2022 for 12 episodes. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English dub. Crunchyroll is also streaming the anime and English dub. The anime will have a sequel.

Sources: My Dress-Up Darling live-action series' website, Anime! Anime! (仲瀬 コウタロウ)