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Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026

A website opened on Tuesday to announce the television anime adaptation of Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked (Ibitte Konai Gibo to Gishi) manga (the Japanese manga and anime write the English title as: My mother-in-law and sister-in-law who don't bully me.), which will premiere in 2026. The website revealed the anime's teaser visual, main cast, staff, and announcement video.

Otsuji also drew an illustration to commemorate the anime announcement:

Kujira will voice the stepmother Teru Kōnokura:

Keisuke Inoue (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, Ao-chan Can't Study!, Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero) is directing the anime at NEWON. Nanami Hoshino (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!, Mission: Yozakura Family episode scripts) is in charge of series scripts, and Mutsumi Sasaki (Chaos;HEAd, Laid-Back Camp, Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~) is designing the characters.

Fairy tale tropes are turned on their heads in this award-winning and comedic reimagining of the classic Cinderella story!

Miya is the illegitimate child of a prominent family. When her mother dies and her father's estate agrees to take her in, she's convinced she knows what awaits her in her new home: a life of servitude and misery at the hands of her wicked stepmother and stepsisters. Yet when she finally meets the women she expects to treat her like dirt, they actually end up being...sweet?! A hilarious and heartfelt comedy that's sure to put a smile on your face!

The manga launched on Ichijinsha's Comic POOL digital manga magazine in November 2020. Ichijinsha will publish the manga's eighth compiled book volume on Friday. Seven Seas published the sixth volume in English on June 17.

Sources: My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked anime's website, Comic Natalie