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Sam Young as seen in the new key visual for Let's Play.

The gaming romance is getting an anime makeover (Image: OLM).

Let’s Play anime unveils main cast, staff, and premiere window in new trailer

The series will air sometime in 2025.

Crunchyroll just announced its roster of new anime titles that will be streaming on the platform this year. One of them is Let’s Play, an anime adaptation of a beloved Webtoon by Mongie (Leeanne M. Krecic), coming out sometime in 2025. The official website of this series revealed a new cast member, as well as some of the staff working on the title in a new trailer.

Let’s Play cast and staff details

Kana Hanazawa (Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer, Lucy Maud Montgomery in Bungo Stray Dogs) will be voicing the protagonist Sam Young. No other voice actors for the anime have been revealed yet. 

The anime is being produced by OLM, with Daiki Tomiyasu as the director. Ebimo is in charge of character design while Aya Matsui is in charge of the series composition. Slowcurve is handling the planning and production of the series. 

The original webcomic by Mongie (Leeanne M. Krecic) is available to read on WebToon. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide once it comes out. The plot summary is:

Samara “Sam” Young is a developer in Los Angeles. She’s young, single and about to achieve her dream of creating incredible videogames. But then life throws her a one-two punch: a popular streamer gives her first game a scathing review. Even worse, she finds out that the same troublesome critic is now her new neighbor! A funny, sexy and all-too-real story about gaming, memes and social anxiety. Come for the plot, stay for the doggo.