Anime

‘Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari’ Reveals Additional Staff, Second Promo

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June 11, 2026

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Jinushi‘s Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari (Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You) manga revealed addition staff and a second promotional video on Thursday. The first six episodes were streamed as 12 mini-episodes on Abema on June 3, and regular broadcasting is scheduled to begin on July 9 on TBS, followed by AT-X.

Staff

Prop Design: Mahiru Shinya (Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei Shite Mita.)

Art Director: Masaru Toya (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai background art)

Color Design: Shuuji Uemura (Aho Girl)

Director of Photography: Ryou Kujirai (Grancrest Senki)

CG Director: Hidenori Fujitani (Tokyo Ghoul:Re)

Editing: Ami Ishii (Hazure Skill “Kinomi Master”)

Music Producer: Kuze Retsu

Music Production: Nichion

Animation Producer: Masaharu Watanabe

Masato Suzuki (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete) and Aoi Mori (Otonari ni Ginga episode director) are helming the anime at Asahi Production. Mio Inoue (Bukiyou na Senpai.) is handling the series composition. Tomoka Ootaki (Hazure Skill “Kinomi Master”) is designing the characters, while Sayaka Aoki (Mizu Zokusei no Mahoutsukai) and Shin Kono (Aru Majo ga Shinu Made theme song arrangement) are composing the music.

Jinushi began drawing the romantic comedy manga on their X (formerly Twitter) account in March 2022 before beginning serialization in Monthly Big Gangan in August that year. Square Enix published the eighth volume on January 23, with the ninth volume scheduled to be released on July 24.

Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga in English in July 2023. The sixth volume went on sale on January 20, with the seventh volume planned for a July 7 release. The manga is also available on Manga UP! And Comikey.

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Source: Comic Natalie

Anime

‘Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 4th Season’ Unveils Additional Cast, Second Promo

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3 minutes ago

June 13, 2026

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The official website of the Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 4th Season (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4) television anime unveiled an additional cast, a second key visual (pictured right), and second promotional video on Saturday. The anime series adapting Osamu Nishi‘s comedy fantasy manga premiered on April 4 at 6:25 p.m. on NHK-E.

Cast

Leviathan Leiji: Yuuma Uchida (Fruits Basket)

Belial-Berry Razberry: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sword Art Online)

Gyari: Misato Matsuoka (Bad Girl)

Music group Penthouse (Digimon Ghost Game) is performing the opening theme “Ichi Ni no San.” Girl group CANDY TUNE is performing the ending theme “Super Yuushou Tune!.” The ending theme is previewed in the second promo below.

Osamu began serializing the manga in Weekly Shounen Champion in March 2017. Akita Shoten released the 49th volume on June 8.

Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English in July 2022 and published the 20th volume on June 2, with the 21th volume scheduled for an August 4 release.

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Light Novel ‘Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta’ Concludes With 10th Volume

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4 hours ago

June 13, 2026

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The official X (formerly Twitter) account for illustrator Azuri Hyuuga announced that Takata‘s Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta (I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in the Class.) light novel series will end with its tenth volume. The final volume is scheduled to release on July 1.

Takata began penning the romantic comedy series on the Kakuyomu website in November 2020. Kadokawa later acquired the series and began publishing the first volume under its Sneaker Bunko imprint with illustrations by Tom Osabe in December 2021, with Hyuuga replacing him second volume onward due to various circumstances. The ninth volume was released on April 1. Kuranika has a cumulative 1.6 million copies of its volumes in circulation, including digital editions.

Rin Ono began serializing a manga adaptation on the Alive+ website service in July 2022. Kadokawa published the seventh volume on December 26 last year, with the eighth volume scheduled for a June 26 release.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in December 2024 and shipped the second volume in November 2025. The third volume is scheduled to ship on June 23.

The series won the Special Prize in the Romantic Comedy category of the 6th Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest. In the paperback category of the Next Light Novel Award, the novel ranked seventh in the 2022 edition before securing first place in the 2023 edition. It was also recognized by Kadokawa as the best-selling new light novel series of 2022.

The livestream for Kadokawa’s Sneaker Bunko 35th Anniversary Festa! announced a television anime adaptation for the series in September 2023. Connect produced the 12-episode television anime, which premiered in Spring 2026. Crunchyroll simulcast the anime with subtitles in multiple languages.

Synopsis

I, Maehara Maki, struggled to connect with anyone during my high school years, finding it hard to make friends. Then, a turning point arrived. A girl named Asanagi entered my life. Despite being clandestinely referred to as the “second cutest girl in class” by the boys, she chose to spend her Fridays with me instead of her best friend Amami, who held the “cutest girl in class” title.

In the comfort of my home, we delved into the realm of games, watched movies, immersed ourselves in manga, indulged in junk food—pizza, hamburgers—and guzzled cola, carefree and content. To the outside world, we might have seemed a bit messy, but to both Asanagi and me, it was a cherished, hidden time together.

Source: Official X

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Disney Twisted-Wonderland Anime Nominated for N. American TV Critics’ Awards – News

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10 hours ago

June 13, 2026

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The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced the nominees for its 42nd Annual TCA Awards on Friday. Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation received a nod in the Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming category, where it is competing against Electric Bloom, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Phineas and Ferb, Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, Vampirina: Teenage Vampire, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, and WondLa.

Two live-action series based on Japanese stories, Drops of God and Last Samurai Standing, also received nominations for Outstanding International Series, a new category this year. The other nominees are The Boyfriend, Crime Scene Zero, The House of the Spirits, and Squid Game.

Over 220 professional television journalists in the United States and Canada voted for the nominees from among the television series distributed between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026. The TCA will announce the winners this summer. In addition to Outstanding International Series, this year’s awards added the new category of Outstanding Achievement in Animation, although no anime received a nod in this category.

The first season based on Aniplex‘s Disney Twisted-Wonderland mobile game, Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation: Episode of Heartslabyul, premiered on Disney+ last October, and the staff is planning at least two more seasons. The game centers around characters inspired by villains from Disney films, and Aniplex describes it as a “villains’ academy adventure game” with rhythm game elements and battles.

Drops of God Season 2 — Image via Apple TV+

Apple TV began streaming the second season for the multinational production of Tadashi Agi and Shū Okimoto‘s The Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku) manga on January 21. The manga also inspired a previous live-action series in Japan, and an anime version premiered on April 10. Netflix debuted the live-action adaptation of Shōgo Imamura‘s Ikusagami novel series under the title Last Samurai Standing last November, and it has green-lit a second season.