Sekina Aoi's My Crush's Crush Manga Gets TV Anime
The adaptation extends Aoi's track record of seeing her light novel and manga works reach the screen, following Gamers! and the Student Council's Discretion series, which signals continued demand for her romantic comedy storytelling.
Key Facts
- Sekina Aoi and Ryo Tsuzura announced on August 27 that their manga My Crush's Crush is getting a television anime adaptation.
- The manga My Crush's Crush began serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero magazine in November 2022.
- The seventh compiled volume of My Crush's Crush shipped in Japan on August 28.
- Yen Press has licensed My Crush's Crush for English release, with no date announced yet.
- Sekina Aoi's Gamers! light novel series, launched in 2014, inspired a television anime that premiered in July 2017.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Sekina Aoi and Ryo Tsuzura's romantic comedy manga My Crush's Crush is getting a television anime adaptation, the pair announced on August 27. Tsuzura shared a commemorative illustration alongside the news. The manga, which began serialization in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero magazine in November 2022, follows Sora Akizuki after he is rejected by Miya Fuwa, who harbors feelings for Asahi Suzukaze, president of the mysterious Clinical Trials Club. Sora joins the club to learn more about Asahi and discovers she also has a crush on someone else. The seventh compiled volume shipped in Japan on Friday. Yen Press has licensed the manga for English release, though no date has been set. Aoi previously created the Gamers! light novel series, which launched in 2014 and inspired a 2017 television anime. Aoi also wrote the Seitokai no Ichizon light novel series, which received two television anime adaptations.
The announcement arrived via a commemorative illustration from artist Ryo Tsuzura, who has drawn the series since its November 2022 debut in Hakusensha's Young Animal Zero magazine. Yen Press, which licensed the manga for English release, describes the story as a chain of crushes: Sora Akizuki confesses to Miya Fuwa and is rejected, learns she likes Asahi Suzukaze, joins Asahi's Clinical Trials Club, and then finds Asahi has her own crush. The seventh compiled volume shipped in Japan on August 28.
For Aoi, the adaptation follows several prior screen projects. The Gamers! light novel series, written by Aoi with illustrations by Sabotenn, launched in 2014 and received a television anime that premiered in July 2017, streamed by Crunchyroll and dubbed by Funimation. Aoi's earlier Seitokai no Ichizon series produced the Student Council's Discretion anime in 2009 and its Lv. 2 follow-up in 2012, both released on home video by Sentai Filmworks.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News My Crush's Crush Manga Gets TV Anime
- Anime Corner Gamers! Creator Sekina Aoi’s My Crush’s Crush Manga Gets TV Anime