The TV anime Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, based on the manga by Eri Ejima, is set to premiere in July. A new key visual has been unveiled along with additional cast announcements.
At AnimeJapan 2026, taking place at Tokyo Big Sight on March 28 and 29, exclusive postcards will be distributed at the KADOKAWA booth. Quantities are limited and distribution will end while supplies last.
Key Visual:
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Maria Naganawa as Arisa Fujimiya
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
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