Rent-A-Girlfriend (彼女、お借りします, Kanojo, Okarishimasu) is a 2020 anime television series based on the manga with the same written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It was serialized and published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on July 12, 2017.
The anime series was announced on December 15, 2019. It was adapted by TMS Entertainment, directed by Kazuomi Koga for the first two seasons, Shinya Une directed the third season, and it premiered the first season from July 11, 2020 to September 26, 2020, consisting of 12 episodes on the Super Animeism block. The second season premiered from July 2, 2022 to September 17, 2022, consisting of 12 episodes. In September of 2022, the third season was announced. The third season was premiered from July 8, 2022 to September 30, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes. On July 11, 2024, a fourth season was announced and set to premiere in 2025.
Crunchyroll licensed the series, while Studiopolis produced an English Dub for the first two seasons, which premiered on August 28, 2020[1]. The second seasons English Dub premiered on July 15, 2022[2]. The third seasons English Dub was produced by Crunchyroll, and it premiered on July 21, 2023[3].
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season |
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| Main Characters | ||||
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Kazuya Kinoshita | Shun Horie | Aleks Le | 1-3 |
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Chizuru Ichinose / Chizuru Mizuhara |
Sora Amamiya | Lizzie Freeman | 1-3 |
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Mami Nanami | Aoi Yūki | Laura Stahl | 1-3 |
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Ruka Sarashina | Nao Tōyama | Sarah Anne Williams | 1-3 |
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Sumi Sakurasawa | Rie Takahashi | Suzie Yeung | 1-3 |
| Secondary Characters | ||||
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Shun Kuribayashi | Gakuto Kajiwara | Landon McDonald | 1-3 |
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Yoshiaki Kibe | Masayuki Akasaka | Nicolas Roye | 1-3 |
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Mini Yaemori | Yū Serizawa | Lisette Monique Diaz | 3 |
| Kinoshita Family | ||||
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Nagomi Kinoshita | Yukari Nozawa | Alex Cazares | 1-3 |
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Kazuo Kinoshita | Yūki Sanpei | Chris Hackney | 1 |
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Harumi Kinoshita | Miki Natsutani | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | 1 |
| Recurring Characters | ||||
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Sayuri Ichinose | Sayuri Sadaoka | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | 1-3 |
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Umi Nakano | Kaito Ishikawa | Edward Bosco | 1-3 |
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Hiroshi Ushiidei | Shōmaru Zōza | Landon McDonald | 1-2 |
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Sonoko Shimae | Saika Kitamori | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | 1 |
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Miharu Imai | Hisako Tōjō | Tara Sands | 1 |
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Takeshi Sasano | Takahiro Yoshino | Chris Hackney | 1 |
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Yōko Shinbo | Hitomi Sasaki | Laura Stahl | 1 |
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Yuki Kawanaka | Minami Kurisaka | Wendee Lee | 1 |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| First Season | ||||
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Iwafune | Hayato Fujii | Xander Mobus | 10 |
| Second Season | ||||
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Fish | Saika Kitamori | Sarah Anne Williams | 13 |
| Third Season | ||||
| Teppei Shimizu | Wataru Tsuyuzaki | Sean Letourneau | 25 | |
Additional Voices[]
- Jennifer Alyx
- Van Barr Jr.
- Gerard Caster
- Alex Cazares
- Nia Celeste
- Chris Hackney
- Veronica Laux
- Aleks Le
- Wendee Lee
- James Marler
- Clayton Mathis
- Landon McDonald
- Trisha Mellon
- Xander Mobus
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey
- Nicolas Roye
- Alejandro Saab
- Tara Sands
- Monty Thompson
- Sarah Anne Williams
Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
Episode 1 officially available on YouTube[]
Clips[]
Notes[]
- For reasons unknown, for Season 3, Crunchyroll (company) opted to record in Dallas, Texas within their own in-house studio instead of outsourcing it to Studiopolis in Los Angeles. The original voice cast did return to reprise their roles however, likely due to the dub not being unionized.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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August 28, 2020 | Anime / Series Distributed by Crunchyroll |
Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 12 eps. | United States | 
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| July 15, 2022 | Season 2 | 12 eps. | ||||||
| July 21, 2023 | Season 3 | 12 eps. | ||||||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Sentai Filmworks | 2021 | 
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 2 Discs | ||||||
References[]
External Links[]
- Rent-A-Girlfriend at the Internet Movie Database.
- Rent-A-Girlfriend (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Rent-A-Girlfriend on Behind The Voice Actors.