Just Because!
Just Because! is a 2017 Japanese anime television series by Hajime Kamoshida, the author of "The Pet Girl of Sakurasou" and "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai", and Kiseki Himura, the author of "Getsuyōbi no Tawawa". The 12-episode anime, produced by Pine Jam, aired between October and December 2017. Media. Anime. The project was first teased as an April's Fools joke in 2017 under title "April 1st The Animation". It was later confirmed as real in the June issue of Gakken's "Megami Magazine". Kiseki Himura designed the characters, Atsushi Kobayashi directed the series  with screenplay by Hajime Kamoshida. Hiroyuki Yoshii adapted Kiseki's art into animation. Keisuke Fukunaga produced the series. Pine Jam produced the animation. It aired from October 5 to December 28, 2017 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, MBS, and BS Fuji's programming block Anime Guild. Nagi Yanagi served as music producer as well performed the opening theme titled "Over and Over", while Karin Isobe, Yuna Yoshino, and Lynn performed the ending theme "behind". Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series and streamed it on Amazon's Anime Strike service in the US. Sentai released the series for home  video with an English dub on February 12, 2019. Novel. A serialized novel adaptation of the anime was launched in Kadokawa's "Da Vinci" magazine starting October 2017 issue (released on September 6). The first chapter tells the prologue anime's plot. Atsushi Kobayashi illustrated the cover for the novel. Web manga. A spin-off web manga series illustrated by Kamaboko RED is updated every day the anime's official Twitter account. Each chapter is two pages long.