Get ready to add a new anime to your watchlist! The official website for the TV adaptation of Taku Kawamura’s manga My Clueless First Friend (Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru) revealed a thrilling 15-second commercial on Tuesday, announcing that the show will make its debut on April 9. But that’s not all—the website also gave us a sneak peek at the anime’s key visual, introduced new cast members, and revealed the talented artist who will be performing the ending theme song. We can’t wait to see what this anime has in store!
The anime’s additional cast includes:
Wakana Maruoka as Sumire Kasahara
Kōhei Amasaki as Kotarō Kitagawa
Jun Fukuyama as Akane’s Dad
The upcoming anime series is scheduled to debut on April 9th in Japan on the Tokyo MX channel at 10:00 p.m. JST. Subsequently, it will be broadcast on Yomiuri TV and TV Aichi on April 10th, on BS Fuji on April 11th, and on Animax on April 15th. Additionally, the series will be available for early streaming in Japan via the ABEMA service on April 2nd. Crunchyroll will also stream the anime concurrently with its airing in Japan.
The ending theme song for the series, “Kokorone,” will be performed by Kitri, while the opening theme song, “Alcor to Polaris,” will be sung by Reina Kondo.
The anime stars:
- Konomi Kohara as Akane Nishimura
- Shizuka Ishigami as Taiyō Takada.
- Kengo Kawanishi as Daichi Hino
- Reina Kondo as Umi Adachi
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Yukiko Takada
Staff and Crew of the Anime My Clueless First Friend:
- Shigenori Kageyama is directing the anime at St.Signpost.
- Chikashi Kadekaru is designing the characters.
- Takafumi Hoshikawa and Shogo Yasukawa are in charge of the series scripts.
- Toshio Masuda is composing the music.
Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates’ relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing “Grim Reaper” Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together—from going to the pool to picking sunflowers to watching fireworks—an unusual friendship blossoms!
Kawamura launched the ongoing manga in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine in May 2018.
