The official website for the anime adaptation of the manga Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi (in free translation: My Senpai is Annoying) by author Shiro Manta revealed the October premiere date and main cast.
The anime stars Tomori Kusunoki as Futaba Igarashi (right) and Shunsuke Takeuchi as Harumi Takeda (left).
Staff
Ryota Itoh (episode director on Yesterday wo Utatte ) is directing the anime at studio Doga Kobo . Yoshimi Narita is the script supervisor, Shigemitsu Abe is the character designer, Takeshi Takadera is the sound director, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi ( Dr.Stone ) is composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis
Igarashi is a young office worker. Takeda, the senpai above her at work, constantly irritates her, however, she finds herself getting closer and closer to him. Every day is filled with comedic mishaps and romantic moments as Igarashi tries to balance work, life and love. This colorful manga – which began its life as a webcomic – is sure to delight audiences of workplace comedies like Aggretsuko and The Office!
Furthermore, Manta launched the manga in 2017, publishing it on Pixiv Comic under the Comic Pool Magazine label. The manga won the web manga division of the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in 2018. Ichijinsha published the sixth volume of the manga on November 25, and will publish the seventh on April 28. The manga has already reached 1 million copies in circulation.
Finally, Senpai ga Uzai has already inspired promotional videos for its second, third and fourth volumes, however the anime project has not confirmed whether the cast from the videos will return to the anime.
Source: ANN