Giant Ojo-sama Anime Reveals Staff, Visual, January 2027 Premiere
The adaptation arrives with a strong pedigree: the manga's prior award nominations and ranking in AnimeJapan's Most Wanted Anime Adaptation poll indicate existing audience demand before the anime airs.
Key Facts
- The Giant Ojo-sama TV anime premieres in January 2027, directed by Hiroshi Ikehata at Tatsunoko Production.
- The manga by Nikumura Q has been serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry since July 2020, with the 12th compiled volume releasing on August 10.
- The manga was nominated for best web manga in the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 and ranked fifth in AnimeJapan's sixth Most Wanted Anime Adaptation poll in 2023.
- The anime was first announced in March 2025, with the official website opening on August 7, 2026, to reveal the staff and visual.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The television anime adaptation of Nikumura Q's Giant Ojo-sama manga has its main staff, a teaser visual, and a January 2027 premiere date. The official website opened on Friday, August 7, 2026, to announce the project. Hiroshi Ikehata, known for WITCH WATCH, directs at Tatsunoko Production. Katsuya Oshima is the assistant director, Hajime Mitsuda is the character designer and chief animation director, and Yu Sato handles series composition and scripts. The story follows Oriko Fujido, the daughter of an ultra-wealthy family who received an entire town as a birthday present. When a giant invader attacks, her butler Sebastian gives her a drink that makes her grow to giant size to defend the town, though her efforts often cause destruction. The manga has been serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry service since July 2020. Shogakukan will publish the 12th compiled volume on August 10. The manga was nominated for best web manga in the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 and ranked fifth in AnimeJapan's sixth Most Wanted Anime Adaptation poll in 2023.
The anime was first announced in March 2025, and this new update confirms the production team and broadcast window. Director Hiroshi Ikehata's previous credits include TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You and Tearmoon Empire. The series composition and script duties go to Yu Sato, whose past work includes Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!, while Hajime Mitsuda, the character designer and chief animation director, previously worked on Food for the Soul.
The manga's serialization history is slightly complex: it began as a webcomic on Shueisha's Jump Rookie website on December 17, 2020, then moved to Shogakukan's Sunday Webry platform on July 30, 2021. The first collected volume appeared on November 12, 2021, and as of November 2025, eleven volumes had been released. The 12th volume is due in Japan on August 10. The official website describes the series as a comedy where the bigger things get, the more lovable they become.
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