Staff for the Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!? (Gal Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?/ オタクに優しいギャルはいない！？) TV anime have released a new promotional video and a new key visual. The video confirmed that the anime will premiere on April 8th, 2026.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdWQUnshA4M]
The anime will premiere on April 8th at 11:45 p.m. JST on TV Asahi and its affiliated channels. Crunchyroll has confirmed that it will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and the Indian Subcontinent. Crunchyroll also released an English-subtitled version of the anime’s promotional video.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwlxIgp0ME]
Mita Shin is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment’s Number 6 Studio, and the anime will star:
- Komura Shou as Takuya Seo
- Inagaki Konomi as Kei Amane
- Serizawa Yuu as Kotoko Ijichi
- Kasama Jun as Genichiro Ijichi
- Kohara Konomi as Sayu Amamiya
- Tanezaki Atsumi as Kakeru Ijichi
- Katou Emiri as Hibiki Ijichi
The anime is based on the Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!? manga by Norishiro-chan and Uozumi Sakana. The manga began in August 2021 in Coamix’s Monthly Comic Zenon magazine, and Coamix published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in March 2023 and the 11th volume in October 2025. The manga’s 12th volume is scheduled for release on March 19th, 2026.
Yen Press released the manga’s first volume in English, under the name Gal Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?, in October 2025. Yen Press describes the manga’s story below:
“Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. As people from different “castes”, you wouldn’t expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favourite anime, and Amane…is rather quick to correct him. She says she’s not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be…a fellow geek?!”
