Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. TV Anime Adaptation Announced
The series pairs a director and writer with proven rom-com credits on a relatively new manga about a workplace relationship that hinges on a hidden secret.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Kadokawa announced a television anime adaptation of Enma Akiyama's Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. manga, alongside a teaser visual and main staff. Shinsuke Yanagi directs at studio feel., with Keiichiro Ochi handling series scripts and Yumiko Yamamoto designing characters. The manga launched in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump in 2023; its 11th volume ships July 17.
The story follows Rihito Otsuka, a game company employee, who accidentally discovers the carefully guarded hidden side of his senior and art director Noa Saotome, sparking a 'friends only' after-work relationship. The anime is directed by Shinsuke Yanagi (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, Senpai is an Otokonoko) at feel., with Keiichiro Ochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets, The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting) on series composition and Yumiko Yamamoto (Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld) as character designer. Manga creator Enma Akiyama launched the series in 2023, and the 11th compiled volume is due July 17.
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