Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! Light Novels Get TV Anime
The announcement adds another workplace comedy about a laid-off engineer to the anime slate, with a premise that leans on adult career struggles rather than school settings.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Shufu to Seikatsu Sha announced on Wednesday that Yuki Kashirome's light novel series Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! is getting a television anime adaptation. No further details were revealed. J-Novel Club publishes the novels and manga in English.
Yuki Kashirome's light novel series Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! is being adapted into a television anime, publisher Shufu to Seikatsu Sha announced on Wednesday. No staff, studio, or broadcast window were disclosed. The story follows Ai Sato, the sole engineer maintaining her company's systems, who is fired without warning. She later teams up with an old friend to run a coding school for adults facing modern pressures. J-Novel Club publishes both the light novels and the manga adaptation in English. The original story ran on Shōsetsuka ni Narō from November to December 2020, with an epilogue in July 2022. The fourth novel volume shipped in March 2025.
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