The official website for the My Clueless First Friend TV anime streamed a short trailer on Tuesday that revealed the series’ April 9 premiere date. Along with the 15-second trailer, the website also released the anime’s key visual, ending theme song artist, and additional cast information.
My Clueless First Friend will premiere in Japan on April 9 at 10 pm JST on Tokyo MX, then it will air on April 10 on Yomiuri TV and TV Aichi, on April 11 on BS Fuji, and on April 15 on Animax. Although most anime don’t release over the course of multiple days on multiple stations, Crunchyroll has announced that it will stream the anime as it airs in Japan. This will most likely match up with the Tokyo MX premiere date of April 9.
The newest cast members announced include Wakana Maruoka as Sumire Kasahara, Kōhei Amasaki as Kotarō Kitagawa, and Jun Fukuyama as Akane’s Dad. Previously announced cast members for My Clueless First Friend include Konomi Kohara as Akane Nishimura, Shizuka Ishigami as Taiyō Takada, Kengo Kawanishi as Daichi Hino, Reina Kondo as Uni Adachi, and Atsumi Tanezaki as Yukiko Takada. The ending theme song will be Korone performed by Kitri, and Reina Kondo, who is voicing Uni Adachi, will perform the opening theme song Alcor to Polaris.
The series is directed by Shinegori Kageyama at St. Signpost, and character design will be by Chikashi Kadekaru. Toshio Masuda is in charge of music composition, and Takafumi Hoshikawa and Shogo Yasukawa are handling the scripts.
The TV adaptation of My Clueless First Friend is based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Taku Kawamura. The manga was first serialized in Square Enix’s Monthly Gangan Joker magazine in 2018, and so far its chapters have been compiled into thirteen tankōbon volumes in Japanese. Square Enix Manga & Books also licensed the manga for English release in North America, and its first two English volumes will be released on March 7. The story centers on a somber fifth-grader, Akane Nishimura, who is relentlessly bullied by her classmates. However, once the new kid Taiyō Takada arrives, he manages to coax Akane out of her shell, and together they experience the joys of childhood as their friendship begins to grow.