The five main cast members of the anime have also been revealed.
Mono, the four panel manga series from Laid-Back Camp’s creator Afro announced an anime adaptation last year. Finally, on 18 March, 2025, the anime has revealed its release date. It was announced on the official website and X (formerly Twitter) account of the series that the first episode will air on 12 April, 2025. With not even a month to go, fans of Laid-Back Camp are really excited about this slice-of-life series.
Mono anime cast and staff details
The main cast of the series is:
- Satsuki Amamiya voiced by Haruna Mikawa (Sung Jin-ah in Solo Leveling and Rin Kagawa in When Will Ayumu Make His Move?)
- An Kiriyama voiced by Aoi Koga (Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-sama Love is War and Yuna Okuyama in Horimiya)
- Sakurako Shikishima voiced by Hikaru Tono (Ayami in Romantic Killer and Anna Yanami in Too Many Losing Heroines)
- Haruno Akiyama voiced by Reina Ueda (Ruri in Dr. Stone and Miyo Saimori in My Happy Marriage)
- Kako Komada voiced by Maki Kawase (Shima Iwashita in Bocchi the Rock! And Karasuba in How I Attended an All Guy’s Mixer)
The anime series is being produced by Aniplex with animation by Soigne. Ryota Aikei (Asst. Director for Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) is the director with Yoko Yonaimiya (A Sign of Affection, The Ancient Magus’ Bride) writing the scripts. Character design is being done by Takuya Miyahara (Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Shirobako: The Movie) while Hajime Hyakkoku (K-On!, New Game!) is composing the music. The ending theme song is ‘Weekend Roll’, performed by halca. You can also check out the additional staff details of the anime on our website.
Mono anime story and other details
As previously mentioned, Mono (stylised as mono) is a four-panel manga series created by Afro, who also wrote the Laid-Back Camp manga. The manga began serialisation back in 2017. Much like Laid-Back Camp, Mono also focuses on a group of young girls at the cusp of youth.
The story of Mono takes place in a school where both the photography club and the cinema club are on the verge of shutting down. The members of the clubs combine the two to create a Cinephoto Club. Aspiring manga artist Haruno asks Satsuki, An, and Sakurako to become the main characters in her next manga, centering around action cameras. The girls venture into the world to take beautiful pictures of the countryside, and also learn about photography and cinema in the process.
