Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! Light Novels Get TV Anime
The adaptation marks another light novel from the PASH Books imprint making the jump to anime, though the lack of production details leaves the project's timeline and studio attachment uncertain.
Key Facts
- Publisher Shufu to Seikatsu Sha announced on Wednesday that Yuki Kashirome's light novel series 'Fired? But I Maintain All the Software!' is getting a television anime adaptation.
- The announcement included a key visual but did not reveal the studio, staff, cast, or release date.
- The light novel series has four print volumes, with the fourth shipping in March 2025.
- A manga adaptation by Io has four compiled volumes, with a fifth due on June 5.
- J-Novel Club publishes both the light novel and manga in English.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, The Fandom Post.
Publisher Shufu to Seikatsu Sha announced on Wednesday that Yuki Kashirome's light novel series "Fired? But I Maintain All the Software!" is getting a television anime adaptation. The announcement included a key visual but did not reveal the studio, staff, cast, or release date. The series originally ran as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō from November 2020 to December 2020, with an epilogue in July 2022. Shufu to Seikatsu Sha published the first print volume in May 2021, and the fourth volume shipped in March 2025. A manga adaptation by Io began serialization on the Comic PASH! website in August 2022 and has four compiled volumes, with a fifth due on June 5. J-Novel Club publishes both the light novel and manga in English. The story follows Ai Sato, a sole engineer maintaining her company's systems who is laid off. She later teams up with an old friend to run a coding school for people facing various personal struggles.
The announcement comes from Shufu to Seikatsu Sha's PASH Books imprint, which has previously adapted other light novel series into anime. The key visual released alongside the announcement shows Ai Sato in her work attire, though no additional imagery or promotional materials have been shared. The original web novel ran for a short period from November to December 2020, with an epilogue added in July 2022, making it a relatively compact source material for adaptation.
The light novel series features illustrations by Icchi, who also worked on the visual for the announcement. The manga adaptation, illustrated by Io, has been serialized on the Comic PASH! website (now Comic PASH! neo) since August 2022 and has four compiled volumes, with the fifth volume scheduled for release on June 5. J-Novel Club, which publishes both the light novel and manga in English, describes the story as following Ai Sato, a sole engineer who is laid off and later teams up with an old friend, Kenta Suzuki, to run a coding school for people facing personal struggles.
The Fandom Post notes that no details or timeline were set regarding the adaptation, and the Japanese cast is listed as TBA. The announcement was made via the PASH Comics X (formerly Twitter) account, as reported by Anime Corner.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.