Ore to Yu Nii! Anime Reveals Teaser, January 2027 Debut
The anime adaptation brings a BL manga that won a Chil-Chil BL Award newcomer prize to television, signaling continued mainstream investment in the boys-love genre.
Key Facts
- Ore to Yu Nii! TV anime debuts in January 2027, based on Miyuki Nakayama's Shota Oni manga.
- Studio Hibari is animating the series, with Noriko Hashimoto directing and Yuniko Ayana overseeing series scripts.
- Shinnosuke Tokudome voices Tsubaki and Shuichiro Umeda voices Yu in the anime.
- The manga debuted in September 2021 on Comic CMOA as part of Square Enix's Gangan BLiss label.
- The manga won the Best Next Generation (Newcomer) award at Chil-Chil's 13th annual BL Awards in 2022.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
DMM Pictures revealed a teaser promotional video and the January 2027 debut for Ore to Yu Nii!, the television anime based on Miyuki Nakayama's Shota Oni boys-love manga. Studio Hibari is animating the series, with Noriko Hashimoto directing and Yuniko Ayana overseeing the series scripts. The voice cast features Shinnosuke Tokudome as Tsubaki and Shuichiro Umeda as Yu. The story follows an elementary school boy named Tsubaki and his high school childhood friend Yu, whom Tsubaki loves but who treats him like a child. Nakayama debuted the manga in September 2021 on the Comic CMOA website as part of the launch for Square Enix's boys-love label Gangan BLiss. The manga won the Best Next Generation (Newcomer) award at boys-love website Chil-Chil's 13th annual BL Awards in 2022. Square Enix published the manga's seventh volume on March 21.
- Yumi Kuroiwa, known for sub-character design on Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima+, is the character designer and chief animation director.
- Yukari Hashimoto, whose credits include Mr. Osomatsu and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, and Ruka Kawada, of Is the Order a Rabbit?, are composing the music at Pony Canyon.
- Art direction falls to Hirofune Hane, with Saki Tada on color design, Sena Nakagawa as director of photography, and Takeshi Takadera as sound director.
- Director Noriko Hashimoto and series composer Yuniko Ayana both worked on the Given franchise; Ayana also has BanG Dream! on her resume.
- The teaser shows Tsubaki thinking, "I'll grow up quickly so I can make Yū happy!"
- Anime Corner identifies the characters as Tsubaki Sawashiro and Yu Shimizu, with the story following their "ordinary, affectionate daily lives."
- Beyond the Comic CMOA website, the manga is available on Manga UP!, ebookjapan, LINE Manga, and the Kindle Store.
- Nakayama is also the creator of Blend S and Spirits & Cat Ears.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.