Seven Seas Entertainment picked up a new manga series back in 2019 with the acquisition of My Senpai is Annoying by Shiro Manta and then in the summer of 2020, we got the reveal that an anime series is coming for it. Set for an October 2021 debut with Doga Kobo on board to animate it, a new update has come in with five cast additions and a new key visual below that shows off the main cast in full.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Tomori Kusunoki as Futaba Igarashi
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Harumi Takeda
The newly added cast includes:
- Saori Hayami as Tōko Sakurai, a co-worker
- Reiō Tsuchida as Sōta Kazama, a co-worker
- Reina Aoyama as Natsumi Kurobe, Igarashi’s childhood friend
- Yui Horie as Yūto Sakurai, Tōko’s little brother
- Aoi Koga as Mona Tsukishiro, a co-worker
Ryota Itoh is set to direct it based on the scripts overseen by Yoshimi Narita. Shigemitsu Abe is on board as the character designer with Doga Kobo set for the animation production.
The manga by Shiro Mata began in 2017 through pixiv Comic and has had six volumes put to print so far through Ichinjinsha.
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Plot Concept: Igarashi is a hardworking young office lady. Takeda, the senpai above her at work, annoys her constantly–and yet she finds herself growing closer to him. Every day is filled with comic mishaps and romantic moments as Igarashi tries to balance work, life, and love. This full-color manga–which started its life as a webcomic–is sure to charm audiences of workplace comedies like Aggretsuko and The Office!
Previous promos and visuals:
[Source: ANN]
