The special livestream presentation for the television anime adaptation of the Charisma House mixed-media project revealed additional staff and a key visual (pictured) on Sunday. The anime series will premiere on TBS affiliate networks in January 2027.

Staff

Character Design: Haru Watanabe (Kawagoe Boys Sing)

Chief Animation Director: Haru Watanabe, Han Seungah (ēlDLIVE)

Art Director: Seiki Tamura (Nippon Sangoku)

Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (Ranma ½ (2024))

Director of Photography: Susumu Fukushi (Osomatsu-san)

Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto (Boku no Hero Academia)

Music: Gesshoku Kaigi (Back Street Girls: Gokudolls)

Music Production: Evil Line Records

Sound Director: Kyoko Wada, Shu Matsubara

Sound Production: Rakuonsha

Producer: Kotaro Sudo, Soichiro Hidano, Yoshihiro Tominaga (Akudama Drive)

Jouji Furuta (Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love Legend Star) is directing the anime at Pierrot Films, with Shuu Matsubara (Osomatsu-san) handling the series composition and script. Shuu Matsubara is in charge of the original story, while Ebimo (Let’s Play: Quest-darake no My Life) is providing the original character designs.

King Records launched the Charisma House multimedia project under its Evil Line Records label in August 2021. The project includes manga adaptations, music releases, audio dramas, and stage plays.

Rin Manda and Iori Irino serialized a manga adaptation titled Charisma: Kyou mo Heiwa desu in Dessert magazine from January 2023 to December 2024. The second volume went on sale on March 13 last year.

Sou Tobita launched a spin-off manga titled Charisma: Charisma na Karera wa Charisma House de Karizumai-chu in the Comic DAYS magazine, which ran from February 2023 to December 2023. The second volume was released in February 2024.

Source: animate Times

The staff for Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dear Friend no Yume o Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend) film, the latest anime of Hajime Kamoshida‘s Rascal Does Not Dream (Seishun Buta Yarō or Aobuta) novel series, began streaming the film’s first four minutes and posted a “finale visual” on Sunday.

The new film is teased as taking the story towards its finale. (The film shares the same name as the 15th and final novel volume.)

The film’s returning cast includes:

Sōichi Masui returns to direct the film at CloverWorks. Masahiro Yokotani is also back to oversee and write the script, and Satomi Tamura is again designing the characters. The band fox capture plan also returns to compose the music. Aniplex is once again distributing the film.

Tōko Kirishima performs the song “Turn the World Upside Down” in the film and the theme song “Suihei-sen wa Boku no Furukizu finale” (The Horizon Is My Old Wound: Finale).

The film will open in theaters in Japan on October 16. The film’s advance screening was held at the Shinjuku Wald 9 theater in Tokyo on Sunday.

Fans who see the film in the first week of release will receive a bonus new text story written by Kamoshida titled Seishun Buta Yarō wa Tea Garden no Yume o Miru (Rascal Does Dream of a Tea Garden). The short story follows Sakuta, Mai and Shoko after a shopping trip. Keeji Mizoguchi illustrates the short story.

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Girl-senpai no Yume wo Minai), the first television anime based on the light novel series, premiered in Japan in October 2018 and aired for 13 episodes. The anime adapts the story up to the fifth novel volume. Aniplex of America streamed the series on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and other services.

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yume-Miru Shōjo no Yume wo Minai), the anime film that adapts the the sixth and seventh light novel volumes in the franchise, opened in Japan in June 2019. Aniplex of America and Funimation Films screened the anime in the United States. Crunchyroll began streaming the film in June 2025 with both English subtitles and dub.

The film Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out opened in Japan in June 2023. The film sold 118,108 tickets in its first three days and earned 175,648,924 yen (about US$1.28 million) to rank #4 in its opening weekend. The Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid film opened in Japan in December 2023, and ranked at #4 in its opening weekend. The film sold 119,000 tickets and earned 164,594,554 yen (about US$1.11 million) in its first three days.

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai), the television anime adapting the light novel series’ “University Student Arc,” debuted in July 2025. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and is also streaming an English dub.

The original novel series has over 3 million copies in circulation. The Yen On imprint of Yen Press publishes the novel series, and Yen Press publishes Tsugumi Nanamiya‘s manga adaptation. Yen On published the Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend novel volume on January 6.

Sources: Aniplex‘s YouTube channel, Rascal Does Not Dream anime’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie

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