Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land Anime Reveals Main Staff
The reveal puts the adaptation in the hands of a veteran director and two established scriptwriters, with the manga's seventh volume arriving the same week the staff was announced.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The anime adaptation of Marukawa's Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land has its main staff. Daiji Iwanaga directs at Zero-G. Tomoko Konparu handles series composition and writes scripts with Michiko Yokote. Tokyopop licensed the manga and released the first English volume on April 7. The story follows office worker Keiko Sahara, who is sent to a world where magic comes from nail art and becomes a magic nail artist's apprentice.
Marukawa launched the manga in Shufu to Seikatsu Sha's Comic PASH! magazine in 2022. Shufu to Seikatsu Sha published the sixth compiled volume in October 2025 and releases the seventh on Friday. Tokyopop, which licensed the series, describes it as a shoujo fantasy about nail art: office worker Keiko Sahara is sent to a world where people's magic abilities come from their nail art, and a magic nail artist takes her on as an apprentice after noticing her ability.
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