Giant Ojo-sama Anime Reveals Staff, Visual, January 2027 Premiere
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.