The TV anime Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games has been postponed from 2025 to 2026. Alongside the announcement, the series unveiled new character visuals from its upcoming Street Fighter 6 collaboration, which will be highlighted at this week’s Tokyo Game Show booth for the anime.
The official website cited « schedule adjustments with related parties » as the reason for the delay. The staff added, « We know fans are eagerly anticipating the broadcast, and we appreciate your patience. Everyone is working hard to make the series as engaging and enjoyable as possible. »
Official announcement:
Character Visuals – Street Fighter 6 collaboration:
CAST:
Ikumi Hasegawa as Aya Mitsuki
Kana Ichinose as Mio Yorue
Sayaka Senbongi as Yu Inui
Shino Shimoji as Tamaki Ichinose
STAFF:
Director: Shota Ihata
Series Composition: Wataru Watari
Character Design: Mayuko Matsumoto
Art Director: Scott MacDonald
Music: Kana Hashiguchi
Animation Production: diomedéa
Eri Ejima‘s original manga, which has been serialized in Monthly Comic Flapper since January 2020, was previously adapted into a live-action web drama in May 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment summarizes the story as follows:
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 Shirayui. But Shirayui 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?
Source: Comic Natalie
© 2025 Eri Ejima/KADOKAWA/”Tai Ari Deshita.” Production Committee
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