Honey Lemon Soda

Honey Lemon Soda (ハニーレモンソーダ, Hanī Remon Sōda) is a 2025 Japanese anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Mayu Murata. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon under their Ribon Mascot Comics imprint since December 28, 2015, with its chapters collected into 27 tankōbon volumes as of December 2024.

The anime series was announced on March 1, 2024.^[1] It was animated by J.C.Staff, produced by TMS Entertainment, directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, series composition by Akiko Waba, composed by Akira Kosemura, and it premiered in Japan from January 9, 2025 to March 27, 2025 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block, consisting of 12 episodes.

Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on January 22, 2025.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis

In middle school, Uka Ishimori was nicknamed “Stone.”

In order to change herself, she enrolled in Hachimitsu High School, known for its culture of student liberty. Seated in at the desk next to her in the same class is Kai Miura, a coolly freewheeling boy with lemon-colored hair. In truth, Uka met Kai once in middle school, and decided to attend Hachimitsu based on a single word he said to her.To Uka, the popular Kai is a distant presence.

Yet somehow, Kai starts to look after Uka. With Kai encouraging her, Uka gradually begins to fit in with her classmates… But...Uka’s world is gradually changing with Kai’s presence. —

Now, I am in the center of the endlessly spreading light.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Uka Ishimori	Kana Ichinose	Monica Flatley
	Kai Miura	Shōgo Yano	Chris Hackney
Secondary Characters
	Serina Kanno	Rie Takahashi	Ezra Vervin
	Ayumi Endo	Miyari Nemoto	Celeste Perez
	Tomoya Takamine	Shun'ichi Toki	Landon McDonald
	Satoru Seto	Taku Yashiro	Kieran Regan
Recurring Characters
	Yasushi	Kōsuke Tanabe	James Marler
	Uka's Mother	Ai Kayano	Kristin Payne
	Miru	Kaito Takeda	Brandon Acosta
	Remi Kojima	Eri Yukimura	Katie Wetch
	Yuru Hashimoto	Honoka Inoue	Caitlin Martelle
	Mr. Mizoguchi	Junji Majima	Anthony Bowling
	Mr. Abe	Hiroshi Tsuchida	Adrian Godinez
	Kenjitsu Ishimori (Uka's Father)	Kazuyuki Okitsu	David Matranga
	Masuzu Fujita	Shion Wakayama	TBA
	Asumi	Sayaka Kikuchi	Amanda Huerta
	Tonbo	Yūya Hirose	Conner Allison
	Moka Shiraishi	Maki Kawase	TBA
	Ayaka	Maria Sashide	Kelsey Poppen
	Marin (Mikarin)	Mei Tachibana	Robin Clayton
	Yukino	Reo Koyamauchi	Elizabeth Hohman
	Kiyoshi	Rikuya Yasuda	Douglas Gill
	Natsumi	Saeko Ōki	TBA
	Tao Oikawa	Yuka Nukui	TBA
	Nagano	Yūki Hirose	Abigail Blythe
	Kamakiri	Yūdai Mino	Ryan Negrón
	Momo	Hana Hishikawa	Elizabeth Hohman
	Kaede	Kokoro Ōmori	TBA

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Mizuki	Risae Matsuda	Francine Gonzalez	1
Male Students	Kazuki Ura	Ethan Condon
Male Students	Haruki Ishiya	Mauricio Ortiz-Segura
Female Friend	Fūka Izumi	Kayla Temshiv	1-2, 8, 10
Male Friend	Shō Nogami	TBA	1, 8, 10
Masashi	Yoshiki Nakajima	Brian Vigen	2
Seki	Harunori Kumazawa	TBA	3-4
Male Friend	Kazuki Ura	TBA	4
Noa	Makoto Koichi	Vanessa Benoit	5
Megu	Aya Yamane	Dani Chambers
Rino	Rina Kawaguchi	Nia Celeste
Miho	Kana Yūki	Gillian Lange	5, 7
Male Students	Shōya Ishige	TBA	6
Male Students	Shūichi Uchida	TBA
Female Students	Asaki Yuikawa	TBA
	Rena Motomura	TBA
	Serina Machiyama	TBA
	Saya Hitomi	TBA
Emcee	Reiji Kawashima	TBA
Musashi Furuichi	YUMA	Ben Stegmair
Hitomi	Konomi Inagaki	Zareen Afzaal	7
Female Students	Fuko Mori	TBA
	Yui Tsukada	TBA
	Anna Nagase	TBA
	Hina Natsume	TBA
Class E Teacher	Yūji Kameyama	TBA
Male Classmate	Ryūho Nagaoka	TBA	8
Old Woman	Mayuko Kazama	TBA	8
Male Classmates	Tsubasa Kaito	TBA	8, 10
	Gen Satō	TBA	8, 10
	Hayato Dojima	TBA	10
Part-Time Job Man	Ryūho Nagaoka	TBA
Karasawa	Kento Itō	TBA
Male Students	Reiji Kawashima	TBA	11
Male Students	Tatsumaru Tachibana	TBA
Sueyoshi	TBA	Corey Wilder
Male Students	Chiharu Sawashiro	TBA	11-12
Male Students	Hayato Dojima	TBA	11-12
Student Council	Yūki Itō	TBA	12
Student Council	Niina Hanamiya	TBA
Mr. Midori	Takuya Eguchi	Christopher Wehkamp