TOHO animation has announced two new television anime adaptations: Happy Kanako's Killer Life, set for April 2027, and Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san, produced by Passione. Its ongoing Apothecary Diaries season 3 is airing on Nippon TV with home video set for 2027.
TOHO animation's recent announcements lean on titles that already have a track record elsewhere. Happy Kanako's Killer Life was announced on Saturday for an April 2027 television anime, directed by Shinji Takamatsu at studio Drive. The property had a live-action series on DMM TV before this adaptation. Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san, announced in August, goes to Passione and arrives with award nominations and ranking placements attached to the manga.
The announcements were staged as much as revealed. The Mochizuki-san adaptation was disclosed at the end of a one-hour cooking video loop, and the Kanako announcement came teased with a picture of otters and the words "Otter Agent." Both properties are comedy manga from established publishers: Kanako runs under Seikaisha Comics and is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment, while Mochizuki-san launched in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero in May 2024.
The one continuing production in the stories is The Apothecary Diaries season 3, which started October 2 on Nippon TV's Friday Anime Night block. Its credits-free opening video is out, set to Yorushika's "Kumo wo Nuke Kaze Shita e Watashi Dake," and the Blu-ray series runs four volumes from February 17, 2027. The fourth volume carries the August 17 stage reading as a bonus disc. Across the stories, TOHO's slate is manga adaptations announced well ahead of broadcast, with home video and broadcast rollout details already fixed for the one season currently on air.
My Hero Academia appears in the coverage through the second edition of the Animal Beach Ball pop-up shop, which ran June 27 to July 12 at Tokyo Anime Center in Shibuya with visuals of Tomura Shigaraki, Dabi, and Himiko Toga. It is merchandise event news, separate from the production announcements.
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Oct 16
TOHO animation announced on Saturday that Toshiya Wakabayashi's Happy Kanako's Killer Life manga is getting a television anime adaptation in April 2027. Shinji Takamatsu, whose credits include Gintama and Kochikame, is directing at the studio Drive and overseeing the series scripts. Yoshiyuki Okubo is the character designer and chief animation director. Hana Tamegai voices protagonist Kanako Nishino, Ryota Suzuki plays her senior coworker Sakurai, and Junichi Suwabe plays the company president. The announcement was teased in advance with a picture of otters and the words "Otter Agent." The full-color comedy manga follows Nishino Kanako, an office worker who quits an abusive workplace, applies for a job at an agency that employs contract killers, and finds she has a natural talent for the work. It runs under the Seikaisha Comics label and is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Oct 2
The credits-free opening video for The Apothecary Diaries season 3 is out, set to Yorushika's opening theme "Kumo wo Nuke Kaze Shita e Watashi Dake." The season starts October 2 on Nippon TV's Friday Anime Night block. The Blu-ray series runs to four volumes from February 17, 2027, with the fourth volume carrying the August 17 stage reading as a bonus disc.
Aug 4
TOHO animation announced on Tuesday that Kamome Maruyono's comedy gourmet manga Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san is receiving a television anime adaptation. Animation studio Passione is producing the anime. TOHO revealed the adaptation at the end of a one-hour cooking video loop that began streaming on Tuesday, and Maruyono drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement. The manga centers on Mikoto Mochizuki, a woman with intense enthusiasm for eating enormous quantities of food. The ongoing series launched simultaneously in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero magazine and the Young Animal Web manga site in May 2024. Hakusensha published the first compiled book volume in October 2024, and will publish the fourth volume on September 29. The manga was nominated in the 18th Manga Taisho awards in 2025, and was included on the list of top 20 manga for male readers in the 2026 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. It also ranked #8 in the top 10 series in the Web Manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2024, and was the inaugural winner of that year's new Nichirei Prize.
Jun 28
The second edition of the Animal Beach Ball pop-up shop for My Hero Academia runs June 27 to July 12 at Tokyo Anime Center in Shibuya. Newly drawn visuals feature Tomura Shigaraki, Dabi, and Himiko Toga holding animal beach balls. Goods include acrylic stands, concept necklaces, and mochocho collaboration items. Online sales begin June 29.