My Dress-Up Darling

My Dress-Up Darling (その着せ替え人形は恋をする, Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru) is a 2022 anime based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Shinichi Fukuda. It was first serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan Seinen magazine on January 19, 2018.

The anime series was first announced on April 16, 2021.^[1] It was animated by CloverWorks, directed by Keisuke Shinohara, and it premiered in Japan from January 9, 2022 to March 27, 2022, consisting of 12 episodes. The second season of the series was announced on September 17, 2022.^[2] It is scheduled to premiere in 2025.

FUNimation Entertainment licensed and produced an English dub of the series, which premiered on the FunimationNow streaming service on January 29, 2022.^[3]^[4]

Synopsis

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 classmante into her secret hobby: cosplay.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season(s).
Main Characters
	Wakana Gojo	Shōya Ishige	Paul Dateh	1
	Wakana Gojo	Tomoyo Takayanagi (young)	Jack Britton	1
	Marin Kitagawa	Hina Suguta	Amanda Lee	1
Secondary Characters
	Sajuna Inui	Atsumi Tanezaki	Risa Mei	1
	Shinju Inui	Hina Yōmiya	Jad Saxton	1
	Kaoru Gojo	Atsushi Ono	R. Bruce Elliott	1
Recurring Characters
	Miori Gojo	Misako Tomioka	Caitlin Glass	1
	Nowa Sugaya	Rarisa Tago Takeda	Dani Chambers	1
	Neon Nikaido	Hōko Kuwashima	Jamie Marchi	1
Narration
	Narration	Misako Tomioka	Brianna Roberts	1

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Season One
	Nobara	Mai Kanno	Lila Britton	1
	Daia	Yuka Amemiya	Madeleine Morris	1, 3
	Rune	Akira Sekine	Natalie Rose	1, 3
	Kensei Morita	Shūichi Uchida	Zeno Robinson	3
	Office Lady		Erica Schroeder	3
	Hana-chan-sensei		Brianna Roberts	4
	Suzuka	Marie Miyake	Celeste Perez	5
	Shion Nikaido	Rumi Shishido	Monica Rial	6-7
	Mirai Tengeji	Sakura Tange	Luci Christian	7
	Shion's Flower Pet	Kokoro Kikuchi	Ellie Dritch	7
	Neon's Flower Pet	Kōki Miyata	Justin Briner	8, 10
	Store Employee	Toshinari Fukamachi	Chris Patton	10
	Liz-Kyun	Misaki Kuno	Brittany Lauda	11
	Kaname	Yūsuke Shirai	Matt Shipman	11

Additional Voices[]

Notes[]

This is the first anime ever since Mushi-Shi where FUNimation has used child actors for one of their dubs.
This is Paul Dateh, Lila Britton and Becka Clarkson debut anime role.
- This is also Paul Dateh's first leading anime role.