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Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota TV Anime Debuts in October
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The official website for the television anime of Fuyu Azuma's Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun) manga revealed the show's October debut on Friday.
The anime will have its world premiere of the first episode at Anime Expo at the "WORLD PREMIERE: NBCUniversal Japan's “Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota” Screening & Industry Panel" panel on July 3 at 12:00 p.m. PDT.
The anime's X/Twitter account revealed several screenshots for the first episode on Friday.
／#柏田さんと太田君
— TVアニメ「顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君」 (@kashiwada_ohta) June 20, 2025
Anime Expo 2025 にて第1話の世界初上映が決定🎉
さらに！先行で場面写を公開✨
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7月3日(木)からロサンゼルスで開催される「Anime Expo 2025」にて
アニメ第1話の世界初上映が決定しました🌸
さらに！第1話の場面写を先行で公開✨
▼詳細はこちらhttps://t.co/ZpI0mW453u pic.twitter.com/gqpdGsLC0b
The anime stars:
- Akane Fujita as Kashiwada-san
- Kyouhei Natsume as О̄ta-kun
- Yūya Hirose as Tadakoro-kun
- Sōhei Horikane as Sata-kun
- Yumiri Hanamori as Tabuchi-san
- Mayu Mineda as Odajima-san
Tomohiro Kamitani (MIX Season 2, Katana Maidens – Tomoshibi) is directing the anime at STUDIO POLON. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop) is overseeing the series scripts, and Naoto Nakamura (A Certain Magical Index II) is the character designer and chief animation director. Yukari Hashimoto (Mr. Osomatsu) and Tetsuya Shitara (Matsuinu) are composing the music.
Other staff members include:
- Background Art: Maho Takahashi
- Art Director: Scott MacDonald (Studio Tulip)
- Color Key Artist: Haremi Miyagawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yomogiko Murano (Rare Trick)
- CG Director: Daisuke Shima (Tengu Kobo)
- Editing: Akane Shiraishi (Seyama Editing Room)
- Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
BookWalker Global and MangaPlaza are both publishing the manga in English. BookWalker Global describes the story:
Kashiwada is a girl who never shows emotions on her face. Oota always tries to surprise her...but never succeeds.Azuma launched the manga on Kadokawa's Dra Dra Sharp# site in July 2018. Kadokawa published the manga's 10th and final compiled book volume in July 2023. Kadokawa published the first volume of the Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun+ manga in May 2024.Kashiwada and Oota are classmates at a junior high school.
Oota is always thinking of pranks to surprise Kashiwada, but he always fails. Kashiwada likes to look at Oota, for he shows his emotions on his face too much. They look like opposite type of people, but they both care about each other.
"Look, Oota is up to something..." Other classmates love to see the unique relationship between them.A heart-warming love comedy which takes place in an ordinary junior high school in Japan.
Seven Arcs previously animated an ad for the manga in 2022.
Sources: Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru О̄ta-kun anime's website, MoCa News
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