 Production company Asmik Ace opened an official site for the television anime adaptation of Takata's Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta (I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in the Class.) light novel and revealed the main cast, staff, and a teaser visual (pictured) on Friday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2026.Cast Maki Maehara: Haruki Ishiya (Hibike! Euphonium) Umi Asanagi: Manaka Iwami (Fruits Basket 1st Season) Yuu Amami: Sayumi Suzushiro (Bocchi the Rock!) Niina Nitta: Ikumi Hasegawa (Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun) Staff Director: Hideki Tachibana (Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka II) Series Composition, Script: Keiichirou Oochi (5-toubun no Hanayome, Megami no Café Terrace) Character Design: Shouko Takimoto (Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote, Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo) Studio: Connect Takata began penning the romantic comedy series, also known by its short title Kuranika, on the Kakuyomu website in November 2020. Kadokawa began publishing the novel under its Sneaker Bunko imprint with illustrations by Tom Osabe in December 2021. The seventh volume shipped in October 2024, with the 7.5 volume scheduled to be released on May 1. Kuranika has a cumulative 1 million copies of its volumes in circulation. Rin Ono began serializing a manga adaptation on the Alive+ web magazine in July 2022. Kadokawa released the fifth volume in November 2024, with the sixth volume scheduled to ship on June 27. Yen Press licensed the manga adaptation in English and will ship the first volume on June 24. Announcement Official site: https://kuranika.asmik-ace.co.jp/ Official X: @2ndinclass Source: Comic Natalie |
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| another boring romcom with ugly character designs, this trend is worse than isekai |
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| A highly rated romcom where the mc pick the second heroine instead of the blondie ? i was waiting for something like that my whole life |
tragedydesuApr 25, 3:13 PM
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| If the adaptation is done right, this could be one of the best shows of '26. |
| "Genki is Life, Genki is Love" |
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