Tomoaki Maeno is an active voice actor with two upcoming television anime roles: Eiji Kirisame in A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage (January 2027 premiere) and a returning role in With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess Season 2 (October 1 premiere).
Tomoaki Maeno appears in two upcoming television anime productions. He voices Eiji Kirisame, a forty-year-old detective, in the adaptation of A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage, which is set to premiere in January 2027. The announcement confirmed the main cast and staff, placing Maeno alongside Inori Minase in the lead roles.
Maeno also returns for the second season of With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess, which premieres on October 1. The second season brings a director change, with Saya Fukase taking over from Chisaki, while the core production team remains in place. These two roles show Maeno working across different studios and genres in the same period.
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The four voice actors behind QUARTET NIGHT, Shouta Aoi, Shoutarou Morikubo, Tatsuya Suzuki, and Tomoaki Maeno, posted a photo together on X on September 4. The shot shows them in costumes from the June 2026 live event QUARTET NIGHT LIVE ENDLESS JEWELS, with a bracelet from the event merchandise visible. The reason for the gathering is unconfirmed, and fans are speculating about a new project or bonus footage.
The television anime adaptation of A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage is set to premiere in January 2027, as announced on Friday. King Amusement Creative revealed a teaser promotional video, a teaser visual, and the main cast and staff. Tomoaki Maeno will voice Eiji Kirisame, a forty-year-old detective, and Inori Minase will voice Tsugumi Kuchinashi, a silent high school girl who communicates through doodles on a drawing pad, one of which proposes marriage. Takaaki Ishiyama directs the series at EMT Squared, with Shigeru Murakoshi overseeing series scripts, Miyuki Nakamura designing characters, Hiroto Morishita as sound director, and Kana Hashiguchi composing the music. The source manga, written by Shinichi Sawaragi and illustrated by Tank Gasuyama, began serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine in December 2022 and has 400,000 copies in circulation. Yen Press licensed the manga in English and released the first volume on March 24.
The second season of the light anime adaptation of SORAJIMA and Aminohada's webtoon will debut on October 1 on TV Kanagawa. New returning cast members include Tomoaki Maeno, Minami Tsuda, and Reiō Tsuchida. Saya Fukase directs at IMAGICA Infos/Imageworks Studio, replacing first season director Chisaki.