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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