First Love Monster (2016)

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When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in a Tokyo high school dormitory, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and, after finally tracking him down, boldly confesses her feelings. Turns out Kaho's mystery savior, Kanade, is the son of Kaho's new landlord! The handsome object of Kaho's affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short-lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend...is a fifth-grader?!

• Released: 2016-07-02
• Genres: Animation, Comedy
• Seasons: 1, 12 episodes
• Episode length: 24m
• Network: BS11, KBS Kyoto, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, AT-X
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 87 votes

Top cast

• Ai Yamamoto as Leia Aizawa (voice)
• Takahiro Sakurai as Kanade Takahashi (voice)
• Yui Horie as Kaho Nikaidō (voice)
• Showtaro Morikubo as 金子十六
• Tomokazu Sugita as Ginjirou Sannomiya (voice)
• Ayumu Murase as Kazuo Noguchi (voice)
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kouta Shinohara (voice)
• Kaito Ishikawa as Atsushi Taga (voice)
• Kenjiro Tsuda as 长泽岚

Full cast & crew

Where to watch First Love Monster

• United States: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel; buy on Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

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