It has been announced that the Iwamoto-senpai no Suisen (Recommendation from Mr. Iwamoto/ 岩元先輩ノ推薦 ) manga by Shiibashi Hiroshi has been green-lit for a TV anime adaptation. A promotional video and visual for the anime have been revealed, along with an illustration by Shiibashi.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYoTsTQeqoM]
Kawase Toshifumi is directing the anime at Studio DEEN, and the anime will star Ban Taito as Kodo Iwamoto, Sakakihara Yuki as Kai Haramachi, and Itou Kent as Soichiro Amaha.
Shiinashi (Nurarihyon no Mago, Illegal Rare, Kamio Yui wa Kami o Yui) started the manga in February 2021 in Shueisha’s Ultra Jump magazine, and Shueisha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in July 2021. The manga’s 13th volume will be released on January 19th, 2026.
The manga story follows Kodo Iwamoto, a third-year student at Seiho Middle School in the 1910’s. The school is directly controlled by the military and is dedicated to the collection and research of supernatural phenomena to harness that power for military use. Under orders from the military, Kodo travels around the country to investigate supernatural phenomena, and he encounters many mysterious events.
