Rent-A-Girlfriend (Japanese: 彼女、お借りします, Hepburn: Kanojo, Okarishimasu), abbreviated in Japan as Kanokari (かのかり), is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series Rent-A-Girlfriend by Reiji Miyajima. The story follows a young college student who begins using a rental girlfriend service following a breakup with his ex-girlfriend.
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Plot
Kazuya Kinoshita is dumped by his girlfriend, Mami Nanami, after one month of dating. Feeling dejected, he uses a mobile app to rent a girlfriend and meets Chizuru Mizuhara. After an initially rocky start where Kazuya calls out her "authentic" act, the two are forced into a fake relationship when Kazuya's grandmother is hospitalized and becomes smitten with Chizuru. They soon discover they are next-door neighbors and attend the same university.
Production and release
An anime television series adaptation was announced in December 2019. The series was animated by TMS Entertainment and directed by Kazuomi Koga, with Mitsutaka Hirota handling series composition, Kanna Hirayama designing the characters, and Hyadain composing the music. It aired from July 11 to September 26, 2020, on the Super Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and their JNN affiliates. The first season ran for 12 episodes.
