Passione is actively producing two television anime adaptations announced in mid-2026: 'Nisemono no Renkinjutsushi' (The Fake Alchemist) and 'Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up', the latter co-produced with Hayabusa Film.
Passione is handling animation production for two television anime adaptations announced in the summer of 2026. The first, 'Nisemono no Renkinjutsushi' (The Fake Alchemist), was announced on June 18, 2026, with Kadokawa producing and Passione as the animation studio. The series began as a personal pixiv project in 2020 by Jiro Sugiura, later adapted into a commercial manga by Umemaru that has sold over 1 million copies. A teaser visual and commemorative trailer accompanied the announcement, but no broadcast period has been set.
On July 23, 2026, DMM Pictures announced that Passione is co-producing 'Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up' with Hayabusa Film. The adaptation is directed by Midori Yui, who is also handling series composition. The cast includes Yuto Uemura and Tomori Kusunoki. The original manga by Mitsuki Mii launched on Ichijinsha's Comic POOL service in October 2022 and has seven volumes in circulation. A teaser visual and trailer were released alongside the announcement.
Both projects represent a shift for Passione from its more action-oriented recent work toward romantic comedy and fantasy-isekai premises. The two announcements, made within five weeks of each other, show the studio taking on multiple productions simultaneously, including a co-production arrangement with Hayabusa Film for the first time in these stories.
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Jul 23
DMM Pictures announced on Thursday that Mitsuki Mii's manga "Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up" is receiving a television anime adaptation. The series will star Yūto Uemura as Keisuke Shizuki and Tomori Kusunoki as Shizuka Kusunoki. Midori Yui, who has served as an episode director on series including "Carole & Tuesday" and "Love Flops," is directing the anime at studios Passione and Hayabusa Film. Yui is also handling the series composition. Koji Haneda, known for character design on "Spice & Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf," is the character designer. Hyadain, the composer for all seasons of "Rent-A-Girlfriend," is composing the music. Suzune Ishikawa is the animation producer. The original manga launched on Ichijinsha's Comic POOL service in October 2022 and has seven volumes in circulation. Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English. The story follows two high school students, Keisuke Shizuki and Shizuka Kusunoki, who were both social outcasts in middle school and are now navigating their new lives. A teaser visual and trailer accompanied the announcement.
Jun 18
The TV anime adaptation of the manga "Nisemono no Renkinjutsushi" (The Fake Alchemist) has been announced. Animation production is handled by Passione. A teaser visual and a commemorative promotional video were released alongside the announcement. The story is set in the city-state of Orihalconia, where alchemy and magic are part of daily life. The protagonist Paracelsus is a reincarnated person who works as a modest alchemist while hiding his cheat skills. His life changes after he makes a contract with Nora, a slave and sorceress, and meets Coco, an elf who has lost all senses and limbs. The original work began as a personal project on pixiv in 2020 under the title "Isekai de Ganbaru Hanashi," drawn in rough sketch format by Jiro Sugiura. It gained word-of-mouth support and ranked 12th in the Web Manga category of the Next Manga Award 2022. A commercial manga version illustrated by Umemaru began serialization in 2023 on Kadocomi. The manga has a cumulative circulation of over 1 million copies. Comments from Sugiura and Umemaru were also released. Further details such as the broadcast period will be announced later.
Jun 18
Kadokawa announced on Thursday that Jirō Sugiura and Umemaru's manga The Fake Alchemist will receive a television anime adaptation produced by Studio Passione. The announcement included a commemorative trailer, a teaser visual, and special illustrations of the character Nora drawn by both Sugiura and Umemaru. The manga, which began as an indie web novel, has sold over 1 million copies in Japan in its commercial edition. Sugiura expressed surprise at the adaptation, thanking supporters, while Umemaru said he looks forward to seeing the story animated. The story follows Paracelsus, a reincarnated alchemist hiding his cheat skills in the city-state of Orichalconia, who contracts with a shaman slave-girl named Nora and later meets an elf named Coco who has lost all four limbs and five senses. The manga launched on Kadokawa's KadoComi website in June 2023 and is ongoing, with the fifth compiled volume released on February 20. Yen Press publishes the manga in print, with volume two scheduled for June 23.