On 9 April 2022 theanime Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (Kawaii Dake Ja Nai Shikimori-san) adaptation of the manga of the same name Keigo Maki, was released on Crunchyroll. The anime is enjoying great success, as is the opening that in fact it has passed 1 million views on YouTube!
About the anime Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
L’anime Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie was born as a manga series written and drawn by Keigo Maki. The manga has been serialized on the website and app of Pocket Magazine from Kodansha from February 2019 while it remains unpublished in our country.
The first 3 episodes are currently airing, albeit the anime risked being postponed after episode 1 airing due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the production studio. The premiere had already been delayed by 1 week for “organizational reasons”.
As for the staff Ryota Itoh (My Senpai Is Annoying) is directing the anime at Kobo stave with Shhei Yamanaka as assistant director. Yoshimi Narita (HappinessCharge PreCure!, Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart, My Senpai Is Annoying) deals with the scripts of the series. Ai Kikuchi (Engaged to the Unidentified, New Game!, How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?) is drawing the characters.
The stars of the anime are: Saori nishi in the role of Shikimori, Shuichiro Umeda in the role of Izumi, Misato Matsuoka in the role of Nekozaki, Rina Hidaka in the role of Hachimitsu e Nobuhiko Okamoto in the role of Inuzuka.
Nasuo performed the anime’s opening song titled Honey Jet Coaster and below you can watch the video:
This is a brief synopsis:
Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be with, sweet when she wants to be but she has a cool dark side that emerges under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves being there when that happens! A fun and entertaining high school romance with a sassy twist, perfect for fans of Nagatoro-san and Komi Can’t Communicate!
- We suggest you recover the first volume of the manga Komi Can’t Communicate, the anime adaptation of which is available on Netflix with the Italian dubbing, on Amazon!
