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Kirio Fan Club TV Anime Reveals 4 New Cast, More Staff, April 2026 Debut in 1st Trailer

Pony Canyon revealed the first key visual and trailer on Friday for the anime adaptation of Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan's Kirio Fan Club manga. The video reveals more cast members, more staff members, and the anime's April 2026 debut.

(The below video has English subtitles that can be toggled on.)

Additional cast members include (from left to right in above image):

• Yūya Hirose as Mitsuru Manda
• Jin Ogasawara as Hayato Momose
• Ayasa Itō as Satsuki Muraoka
• Fūka Izumi as Seira Tashiro

Newly announced staff members include:

• Main Key Animation: Kikuko Sadakata
• Art Settings: Katsuhisa Takiguchi (Studio Tulip)
• Art Director: Daisuke Suzuki (Studio Tulip)
• Color Design: Haruko Nobori (Hiyori)
• Director of Photography: Tsuyoshi Shimura (T2 Studio)
• Editing: Shūji Matsumoto
• Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
• Sound Production: Studio Sound Bee
• Music: Tomoki Kikuya
• Music Production: PONY CANYON

The anime will star:

• Nene Hieda as Aimi Miyoshi
• Shion Wakayama as Nami Sometani
• Gakuto Kajiwara as Ken Kirio

Sō Toyama (episode director for BanG Dream!, The Apothecary Diaries, Love Live! Sunshine!!) is directing the anime at SATELIGHT. Aya Satsuki (A Girl & Her Guard Dog, Solo Camping for Two, Too Cute Crisis) is both overseeing and writing the series scripts, and Nami Hayashi (TASUKETSU -Fate of the Majority-) is designing the characters.

Kodansha USA Publishing will release the manga in English starting in spring 2026, and it describes the story:

What would you do if your crush had ear-splitting farts? For Aimi and Nami, the answer is to cry tears of joy for being able to pinpoint at a distance the object of their affections, Kirio, from a single toot. These are the kinds of deep, philosophical questions the two friends/rivals in romance pose to each other to prove their love for this boy who hardly seems to know they exist. That won't stop them from conducting nightly rituals to entice him into their dreams, though, or listing out what exactly they like about him, down to the very last organ. But when push comes to shove, will they choose their hilarious friendship over a shot at love?

Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan had announced on X/Twitter in September 2024 that the manga was getting both a live-action television adaptation and an anime adaptation. The live-action series debuted on April 2.

Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan launched the manga on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Comic Ruelle service in 2022, and ended it in August 2024. The sixth and final compiled volume shipped in September 2024. The manga had a five-chapter spinoff that ran from October 2024 through February 21.

The manga ranked at #10 on the top 20 list for female readers in the 2025 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.

Source: Press release