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Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!? Manga Gets Anime in 2026
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Coamix announced on Wednesday that Norishiro-chan and Sakana Uozumi's Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? (Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!?) manga is inspiring an anime that will debut in 2026. The announcement did not reveal the format of the anime.
Norishiro-chan and Uozumi drew the two illustrations below to celebrate the anime's announcement:
Yen Press licensed the manga and will release the first volume on October 28. Yen Press describes the manga:
Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. Since they're people from different “castes,” you wouldn't expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favorite anime, and Amane...is rather quick to correct him. She says she's not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be...a fellow geek?!
Norishiro-chan and Uozumi launched the manga in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon magazine in August 2021. Norishiro-chan writes the manga, and Uozumi draws the art. Coamix released the manga's 10th compiled book volume on June 20, and will release the 11th volume on October 20.
Norishiro-chan and Yukiji Setsuda's Kizetsu Yūsha to Ansatsu Hime manga is also inspiring a television anime. The anime premiered on July 5, and is currently airing. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs under the title The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses. The manga debuted in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in October 2022. Akita Shoten published the manga's 13th compiled book volume on on September 8.
Sources: Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? manga's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
