{"id":116319,"date":"2025-03-21T18:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=116319"},"modified":"2025-03-21T18:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:25:30","slug":"watch-the-1st-trailer-for-rascal-does-not-dream-of-santa-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/21\/watch-the-1st-trailer-for-rascal-does-not-dream-of-santa-claus\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the 1st Trailer for Rascal Does Not Dream\u00a0of Santa Claus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The first trailer for the <em>Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus<\/em> TV anime has been released. The preview of Sakuta Azusagawa&#8217;s university life includes a look at <strong>Manaka Iwami<\/strong>&#8216;s Miori Mito and <strong>Konomi Kohara<\/strong>&#8216;s Sara Himeji, as well as a taste of <strong>Conton Candy<\/strong>&#8216;s opening song &#8220;Snow Drop.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Aside from the new cast additions and opening theme reveal, another new piece of info that was announced is the anime&#8217;s July 2025 premiere window.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u9752\u6625\u30d6\u30bf\u91ce\u90ce\u306f\u30b5\u30f3\u30bf\u30af\u30ed\u30fc\u30b9\u306e\u5922\u3092\u898b\u306a\u3044\u300d\u7b2c1\u5f3ePV | 2025\u5e747\u6708\u653e\u9001\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F0MhdWjdf58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus&nbsp;<\/em>is the latest continuation of the <em>Rascal Does Not Dream&nbsp;<\/em>anime series, which is based on the supernatural teen\/young adult drama light novel series written by <strong>Hajime Kamoshida <\/strong>and illustrated by<strong> Keji Mizoguchi<\/strong>. <em>Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus&nbsp;<\/em>is the title of the 13th volume, while the &#8220;University Arc&#8221; that the anime is now adapting begins with the 10th volume.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Yen Press describes Volume 10 of the light novels as:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-heading-txt\">\n<div class=\"content-heading-txt\">\n<p class=\"paragraph fs-16\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Becoming a college student means starting a whole new life\u2026right? Sakuta honestly isn\u2019t sure. Some things have changed, but some things are still the same. His reputation definitely precedes him just like before. Of course, it\u2019s because the entire school knows he\u2019s dating Mai, who\u2019s as busy as ever with her acting career. Sakuta also still lives in Fujisawa with Kaede, but now his sister regularly attends school remotely and splits her time between the apartment and their parents\u2019 home. And Sweet Bullet is giving it their all to reach stardom together, just like always. Except Uzuki\u2019s been acting a little funny, and maybe, just maybe, Adolescence Syndrome might be the culprit again\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The <em>Rascal Does Not Dream <\/em>light novels started in 2014 and ended in October 2024. It is published under the Dengeki Bunko label. Yen Press describes its premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-heading-txt\">\n<p class=\"paragraph fs-16\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Bunny girls do not live in libraries. This is simply common sense. And yet, that\u2019s exactly where Sakuta finds one in the wild. More bewildering is who the bunny girl is: Mai Sakurajima, a girl one year older than Sakuta, famous at their school for her acting career even though she\u2019s currently on break. To top it all off, it seems like no one else in the library can see Mai at all, no matter what she does or\u2026wears. Wanting to find out more about this mystery and maybe get a little closer to this beautiful upperclassman in the process, Sakuta launches an investigation to discover why an unforgettable bunny girl keeps becoming totally invisible.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime adaptation began in 2018 with the&nbsp;<em>Rascal Does Not Dream&nbsp;<\/em><em>of Bunny Girl Senpai<\/em>&nbsp;TV series. It was followed by three movies: 2019\u2019s&nbsp;<i>Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl<\/i>&nbsp;and 2023\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Some of the light novels have been adapted into manga.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff (returning)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:&nbsp;<strong>Soichi Masui<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer <strong>Masahiro Yokotani<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer <strong>Satomi Tamura<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer<strong> fox capture plan&nbsp;<br><\/strong>\u2022 Animation production:&nbsp;<strong>CloverWorks<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Kaito Ishikawa\u00a0<\/strong>as Sakuta Azusagawa<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Asami Seto<\/strong>\u00a0as Mai Sakurajima<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Reina Ueda <\/strong>as Miniskirt Santa\/Toko Kirishima<br \/>\u2022 <strong>Sora Amamiya<\/strong> as Uzuki Hirokawa<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@aobuta_anime<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first trailer for the Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus TV anime has been released. 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