Heroines Run the Show: The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task (ヒロインたるもの！～嫌われヒロインと内緒のお仕事～, Hiroin Tarumono! Kiraware Hiroin to Naisho no Oshigoto) is a 2022 anime television series produced by Lay-duce. It is based on the song "Heroine Tarumono!", which is part of the Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai: Ren'ai Series Vocaloid song project by HoneyWorks.
The anime series was announced on August 28, 2021.[1] It was animated by Lay-duce, directed by Noriko Hashimoto, series composition by Yoshimi Narita, music composed by Moe Hyūga, and it premiered in Japan from April 7, 2022 to June 23, 2022, consisting of 12 episodes.
Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on April 22, 2022.[2][3][4]
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Hiyori Suzumi | Inori Minase | Sarah Wiedenheft | |
| Yūjirō Someya | Kōki Uchiyama | Kyle Igneczi | |
| Aizō Shibasaki | Nobunaga Shimazaki | Aaron Campbell | |
| Juri Hattori | Ayane Sakura | Morgan Lauré | |
| Chizuru Nakamura | Saori Hayami | Megan Shipman | |
| Secondary Characters | |||
| Hina Setoguchi | Momo Asakura | Jill Harris | |
| Kotarō Enomoto | Natsuki Hanae | Dallas Reid | |
| Ken Shibasaki | Takuya Eguchi | Ricco Fajardo | |
| Kōdai Yamamoto | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Anthony Bowling | |
| YUI | Sōma Saitō | Bryson Baugus | |
| RIO | Yūma Uchida | Josh Bangle | |
| IV | Jun Fukuyama | Clifford Chapin | |
| Recurring Characters | |||
| Rei Tamura | Miyuki Sawashiro | Colleen Clinkenbeard | |
| Takeuchi | Reina Aoyama | Sarah Roach | |
| Mayu Uchida | Ai Kayano | Leah Clark | |
| Nagisa Shiranami | Junya Enoki | ||
| Arisa Takamizawa | Nao Tōyama | ||
| Sena Narumi | Sora Amamiya | ||
| Mona Narumi | Shiina Natsukawa | ||
| Tsuji | Marina Yamada | ||
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Female Student | Saki Kobari | Kelsey Maher | 1 | |
| Hiyori's Mother | Anna Mugiho | Natalie Van Sistine | 1, 5 | |
| Hiyori's Father | Shintarō Ōhata | ¿? | ||
| Naho Suzumi | Emiko Takeuchi | Lindsay Seidel | ||
| Saho Suzumi | Marina Yamada | Helena Walstrom | ||
| Suzuki | Chikako Sugimura | ¿? | 2 | |
| Yumeru | Sora Amamiya | ¿? | 3 | |
| Ueda | Emiko Takeuchi | ¿? | 4 | |
| Negishi | Yurie Kozakai | ¿? | 4, 9 | |
| Hirano | Saki Kobari | ¿? | 8 | |
| Miyazawa | Kikunosuke Toya | ¿? | 8-9 | |
| Hasegawa | Masayuki Satō | ¿? | ||
| Tamagorō Someya | Hiroaki Hirata | ¿? | 10 | |
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Announcer | Mari Uchiyama | ¿? | |
| Kōichirō Someya | Shunichi Toki | Derick Snow | 10, 12 |
Additional Voices[]
Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Region | ||
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April 21, 2022 - July 7, 2022 |
Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 12 Eps. | United States | 
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References[]
- ↑ HoneyWorks' 'Heroine Tarumono!' Song Inspires TV Anime Next April
- ↑ Crunchyroll Streams English Dubs for Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Estab Life: Great Escape, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-, The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2, More Anime
- ↑ Crunchyroll Debuts Heroines Run the Show Anime's English Dub on Thursday
- ↑ Heroines Run the Show English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date
External Links[]
- Heroines Run the Show on the Internet Movie Database.
- Heroines Run the Show (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.