Things are moving along well for the manga series Don’t Touch Me, Kotesashi-kun! as it was announced that it was getting an anime adaptation. The manga comes from creator Takuya Shinjou, which began in 2021 and has eleven volumes released so far in Japan as serialized through Magazine Pocket for Kodansha. Shinjoui made their debut in 2019 with Social Survival Rabbits and have four properties to their name overall.
The anime adaptation is set for an October 2025 debut with Hisashi Sato directing it from the series composition and scripts by Goko Shiraki. Ryusuke Tsukamoto is handling the character designs with Quad on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Hina Suguta as Aroma Kusunoki
- Rikuya Yasuda as Kōyō Kotesashi
- Manatsu Murakami as Chiyo Sayamagaoka
- Ruriko Aoki as Miyuki Hongō
- Saya Aizawa as Izumi Sumiyoshi
- Yū Serizawa as Aoba Kitahara
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Plot Concept: Meet Kouyou Kotesashi, a protagonist with extraordinary massage skills! Aiming to become a sports doctor, Kotesashi is determined to score a special scholarship to medical school. Starting this spring, he’ll attend the elite sports powerhouse Seiwa University’s High School. Due to his family’s financial struggles, he takes on a live-in position as a dorm manager to earn his tuition fees. But what awaits him there? A bunch of quirky high school girl athletes with more than their fair share of peculiarities! Kotesashi’s duties? Not just managing the dorm, but taking care of these girls’ physical and mental well-being. Sports club girls and massages! A wild and exciting dorm life is about to begin!
