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Lia is performing the opening theme for the television anime My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked, which premieres July 8.

Synthesized from 24 Yomimono stories · updated Jun 12

Lia is currently attached to the television anime adaptation of Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked manga. The anime's main promotional video, released on June 12, 2026, confirmed that Lia performs the opening theme song. The series is scheduled to premiere on July 8, 2026, on multiple Japanese TV stations and streaming services. AVAM performs the ending theme.

This marks Lia's most recent publicly confirmed project. No other stories in the Yomimono archive mention Lia in any other capacity, such as other anime, games, or music releases. The dossier reflects only the information provided by the single story that names Lia.

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Role
Opening theme performer for My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked anime
Anime premiere date
July 8, 2026

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Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.

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