With a popular manga series that’s currently ongoing, the Komi Can’t Communicate property is making the leap to anime form this fall. The manga began in 2016 in Weekly Shonen Sunday and has released twenty volumes in Japan so far with Viz Media bringing out twelve in English as of the announcement. We had a good run of details prior which included the reveal that the series will debut on October 6th, 2021.
With the show coming up next week overseas (see below), Netflix has now rolled out the opening sequence in clean form for fans to check out and get excited about with “Cinderella” by CIDERGIRL as the theme song.
The series is getting streaming through Netflix as an exclusive where it’s being planned for what we see for their worldwide pushes; eight language options and thirty-one subtitle options. It’s set to debut on the service outside of Japan on October 21st – a two-week gap – but with new episodes being released weekly.
The anime adaptation will see Ayumu Watanabe as the chief director working with director Kazuki Kawagoe based on the series composition by Deko Akao. Atsuko Nakajima is working on the character designs with OLM handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Aoi Koga as Shōko Komi
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Hitohito Tadano
- Rie Murakawa as Najimi Osana
- Rina Hidaka as Ren Yamai
- Rumi Okubo as Omoharu Nakanaka
- Yukiyo Fujii as Himiko Agari
- Noriko Hidaka as the narrator
- Ami Maeshima as Makeru Yadano
- Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Akako Onigashima
- Kenji Akabane as Shigeo Chiarai
- Yuga Sato as Taisei Sonoda
- Kensho Ono as Mono Shinobino
- Junya Enoki as Shosuke Komi
- Maaya Uchida as Hitomi Tadano
- Kikuo Inoue as Shuko Komi
- Mitsusaki Hoshino as Masayoshi Komi
- Megumi Han as Nokoko Inaka
- Ruriko Aoki as Nene Onemine
- Yurika Moriyama as Kaede Otori
The opening song “Cinderella” is performed by Cider Girl while Kitri is performing the ending theme song “Hikareinochi” for the series.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!
Previous promos and visuals:
🏫キャラクタービジュアル＆キャスト発表！💼
古見硝子を #古賀葵 さん(@824_aoi)、
只野仁人を #梶原岳人 さん(@gaku_kajiwara)、
長名なじみを #村川梨衣 さん(@RiEmagic)に演じていただきます✨
公式サイトではキャストコメントを掲載中ですhttps://t.co/geqqgPJv60#古見さん #komisan (AS) pic.twitter.com/yOhlnJelVT
— 古見さんは、コミュ症です。公式 (@comisanvote) May 11, 2021
🏫キャラクタービジュアル＆キャスト発表💼
古見笑介を #榎木淳弥 さん(@enojunjunjun)、
只野瞳を #内田真礼 さん(@maaya_taso)に演じていただきます✨#古見さん #komisan (AS) pic.twitter.com/KAgDFMLhkV
— 古見さんは、コミュ症です。公式 (@comisanvote) September 7, 2021
🏫キャラクタービジュアル＆キャスト発表💼
古見秀子を #井上喜久子 さん(@atmanbow_staff)、
古見将賀を #星野充昭 さんに演じていただきます✨#古見さん #komisan (AS) pic.twitter.com/gMbbDAzyZB
— 古見さんは、コミュ症です。公式 (@comisanvote) September 21, 2021
