The manga series Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu, which translates as A Smile in an Unbearable Workplace, saw its ninth volume out in January 2024 and revealed that an anime adaptation is coming to TV in 2025. The manga comes from Kuzushiro which began in 2019 in Kiss magazine for Kodansha.
With few details at the time, the production has now rolled out its presentation by setting an October 2025 debut while releasing its first promotionalvideo and key visual below. It’ll be localized as A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace going by the official logo.
The series has Kaoru Suzuki directing it from the series composition by Mio Inoue. Kana Miyai is handling the character designs with studio Voil handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Miku Itō as Mizuki Hazama
- Sora Amamiya as Kaede Satō
- Yūko Natsuyoshi as Nana Futami
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Plot Concept: The working girls manga centers on Nana Futami, a rookie shōjo manga artist who is supported by her female editor Kaede Satō and her assistant Mizuki Hazama. Even though Nana sometimes suffers from intense delusions due to (what she tells herself is) an occupational illness, she keeps working day-to-day with the help of those around her.
[Source: ANN]
