Happinet has revealed the first promotional video and key visual for the Egao no Taenai Shokuba (A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace/ 笑顔のたえない職場です。) TV anime, which will premiere in October 2025 on the Tokyo MX, Iwate Menkoi TV, BS Asahi and AT-X channels.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV9zf3K_HkU]
Suzuki Kaoro (Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.) is directing the anime at Voil studio, and the anime will star Natsuyoshi Yuuko as Nana Futami, Amamiya Sora as Kaede Satou, and Itou Miku as Muzuki Hazama. Newly confirmed cast members include Kobayashi Yuu as Arisa Nashida, Matsui Eriko as Touko Kakunodate, and Hanai Miharu as Nekonote.
The anime is based on Kuzushiro’s Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu comedy manga. Kuzushiro (Amayo no Tsuki, Inu & Neko, Ani no Yome to Kurashiteimasu) began serialising the manga in May 2019 in Kondansha’s Comic Days app and website, and Kodansha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in December 2019, and the 12th volume in April 2025.
The story follows Futami. She is a rookie shojo manga artist and with the help of her cool editor and reliable assistants, she has finally been able to start serialising her long-awaited shogi manga “Subaru e”, but… she has stomach problems from stress, and the deadline has been extended from the first chapter. She can’t make progress on the storyboard and ends up munching on her desk until late at night. She gains weight from eating late at night, and her bad fantasies won’t stop…
