The TV anime I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class is scheduled to premiere in April 2026. Alongside the broadcast announcement, the key visual and main promotional video were revealed simultaneously.
It was also confirmed that the opening theme song will be “Submarine Youth”, performed by reGretGirl.
Main Trailer:
Key Visual:
MAIN CAST:
Haruki Ishiya as Maki Maehara
Manaka Iwami as Umi Asanagi
Sayumi Suzuhiro as Yu Amami
Ikumi Hasegawa as Nina Arata
STAFF:
Director: Hideki Tachibana
Series Composer/ Scriptwriter: Keiichiro Ochi
Character Designer: Shoko Takimoto
Animation Production: CONNECT
The light novel series, which debuted in 2021, has released seven volumes as of October 2024. While the first volume was illustrated by Tom Osabe, the subsequent ones feature artwork by Azuri Hyuuga. The series won the 2023 Tsugi ni Kuru Light Novel Award in the bunko category.
Yen Press describes the manga as follows:
Maki Maehara is always on his own at school. He has no friends or hobbies others share, and he doesn’t expect the upcoming academic year to be any different, even surrounded by new faces. And six months later, it seems like he was right—until he runs into his popular classmate Umi Asanagi at a video store! Always at the center of attention and called the “second prettiest in class” by the boys, Asanagi’s from a totally different world. But it turns out the two have more overlapping interests than just the B-grade movies they came to check out…and Asanagi asks Maehara to be her friend!
Source: Comic Natalie
————
AnimeTV チェーン bringing you the latest anime news direct from Japan ~ anytime! — Your new source of information!
