Danica Davidson
July 10, 2023 
The light novel series Keiken Zumi na Kimi to, Keiken Zero na Ore ga, Otsukiai Suru Hanashi (translated as You Were Experienced, I Wasn’t, And This is How We Started Dating) is getting an anime adaptation. Ahead of the October premiere, a trailer has dropped.
The anime’s opening theme song is titled “Love You Tender!” and performed by Maaya Uchida. Meanwhile, the ending theme song is called “Aikotoba” (translated as “Password”) and performed by AliA.
Here’s what we now know about the cast: Natsuki Hanae plays Ryūto Kashima, Saori Ōnishi plays Runa Shirakawa, Aoi Koga plays Maria Kurose, Ayaka Fukuhara plays Nikoru Yamana, Tomori Kusunoki plays Akari Tanikita, Fukushi Ochiai plays Yūsuke Ichiji, Daisuke Sakaguchi plays Ren Nishina, Tomoaki Maeno plays Shūgo Sekiya, and KUN plays KEN.
The anime is being made at ENGI, with Hideaki Oba of Love of Kill helming the project as director. The music is composed by Kei Haneoka, who has worked on Kaguya-sama: Love is War. The person in charge of overseeing series scripts is Hiroko Fukuda, known for working on Taisho Otome Fairy Tale.
There is also a manga adaptation of the light novel series, which Manga UP! Global is publishing in English. However, the manga’s title has been given a slightly different translation: You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story. Manga UP! Global gave this description for its plot:
Introverted high-school student Ryuto is forced to confess to his crush, the most popular and beautiful girl in school, Luna. Surprisingly enough, she replies, “Then, how about we go out? I’m single right now anyhow.” Then right after school, she invites Ryuto to her room…?!
Despite being completely different from one another, including the amount of experience with love and types of friends they have, the two of them are about to embark on a relationship full of firsts!
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
