Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Ota manga is getting an anime adaptation. A visual and trailer was released along with the main staff and cast. The release date was not revealed.
Studio Polon is animating the series with Tomohiro Kamitani as director. Michiko Yokote is in charge of the series composition while Naoto Nakamura is designing the characters and is credited as the chief animation director. Yukari Hashimoto and Tetsuya Shitara are composing the music.
The main cast of the anime includes:
- Akane Fujita as Kashiwada-san
- Kyohei Natsume as Ota-kun
- Yuya Hirose as Tadokoro-kun
- Sohei Horikane as Sata-kun
The anime is based on a web manga series written and illustrated by Fuyu Azuma. It was launched on Niconico Seiga’s Dra Dra Sharp# website in June 2018. The manga completed in June 2023 with 10 volumes. The series creator released a commemorative illustration to celebrate the anime announcement:
Book Walker Global describes the story as follows:
Kashiwada is a girl who never shows emotions on her face. Oota always tries to surprise her…but never succeeds.
Kashiwada and Oota are classmates at a junior high school.
Oota is always thinking of pranks to surprise Kashiwada, but he always fails. Kashiwada likes to look at Oota, for he shows his emotions on his face too much. They look like opposite type of people, but they both care about each other. “Look, Oota is up to something…” Other classmates love to see the unique relationship between them.
A heart-warming love comedy which takes place in an ordinary junior high school in Japan.
Source: Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Ota Official Website
© Fuyu Azuma / KADOKAWA / Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Ota Production Committee