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Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games TV Anime Delayed to 2026
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Kadokawa revealed on Monday that the television anime of Eri Ejima's Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games (Tai Ari Deshita: Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Game Nante Shinai) manga is delayed to 2026. The anime was previously slated to debut this year.
The staff explained that due to schedule adjustments of the various parties involved in production, the anime has been delayed.
Additionally, the staff revealed visuals for the previously announced collaboration with CAPCOM's Street Fighter 6, which appears as the game the characters play in the story.
The anime will also be featured at Tokyo Game Show from September 25-28 at a joint "Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games" and "Mad Catz" booth.
The anime will star:
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Aya Mitsuki
- Kana Ichinose as Mio Yorue
- Sayaka Senbongi as Yu Inui
- Shino Shimoji as Tamaki Ichinose
Shōta Ihata (Domestic Girlfriend, Girlish Number, The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent) is directing the anime at diomedéa. Wataru Watari (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU novels, Girlish Number, The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent) is in charge of the series scripts. Mayuko Matsumoto (Kan Colle, Parallel World Pharmacy, Chio's School Road) is designing the characters. Kana Hashiguchi is composing the music.
Other staff members include Scott MacDonald as art director, Maho Takahashi for art setting, Yuki Hayashi as color key artist, Yasuyuki Itou as compositing director of photography, Toshihiko Kojima as editor, and Yayoi Tateishi as sound director. Kadokawa's professional gaming team FAV gaming, whose members compete in Street Fighter 6, is credited for collaborating on recording.
The manga's anime adaptation was first announced in 2021.
Seven Seas is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Kuromi Girls' Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls' institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol Shirayuri. But Shirayuri hides a terrible secret: she's a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?
Ejima launched the manga in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine in January 2020. Kadokawa published the ninth compiled book volume on June 23. Seven Seas will release the eighth volume on September 30.
The manga also inspired a live-action series adaptation, which premiered in 2023.
Source: Press release
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