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My Awkward Senpai Anime Casts Nashiko Momotsuki

The staff for the television anime of Makoto Kudo's My Awkward Senpai (Bukiyō na Senpai.) announced on Saturday that model and cosplayer Nashiko Momotsuki will guest-star in episode 4 of the series as Nashiko Akizuki. The episode will air on October 23.

Momotsuki also serves as an promotional ambassador for the series.

The anime premiered on October 2 on the Tokyo MX channel at 10:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EDT), and on BS NTV at 11:00 p.m. JST. The anime streams on the U-NEXT, Anime Hōdai services, and other services.. The anime also runs on the AT-X channel.

The anime stars:

• Lynn as Azusa Kannawa
• Shōgo Sakata as Yū Kamegawa
• Ami Maeshima as Miho Hotta
• Mitsuki Saiga as Ritsu Kankaiji

Ayumu Kotake (Acro Trip) is directing the anime at Studio Elle. Mio Inoue (Slow Start, Wonderful Precure!) is in charge of series scripts, Kenrō Tokuda (Acro Trip chief animation director) is designing the characters, and Kōji Fujimoto is composing the music.

angela performs the opening theme song "Bukiyō na I love you" (The Awkward I love you).

Comikey and Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service both publish the manga in English digitally. Manga UP! describes the story:

Kannawa-senpai is considered many things, but smooth is definitely not one of them. Then she meets Kamegawa, her new Kouhai. He's cute, a little nerdy, and easy to talk to. How will this awkward Senpai be able to handle these new feelings?!

Kudo first posted the manga on their X/Twitter account in March 2019. The manga started serializing in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine in December 2019. Square Enix published the manga's ninth compiled book volume on March 25, and published the 10th volume on September 25 .

Sources: My Awkward Senpai anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie