The staff for the upcoming anime adaptation of Yuritaro’s Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary horror manga released the first promotional video. The promotional video also revealed the staff and cast for the anime. However, a release date or window hasn’t been made available as of yet.
Check out the promotional video below
The anime will star Azusa Tachibana as Kaya-chan and Maaya Uchida as Chie-sensei. Hiroshi Ikehata, known for his work on 365 Days to the Wedding, is directing the Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary anime at East Fish Studio. Tarō Yamada and Hiroyuki Moriguchi are in charge of character design, and Shigeru Murakoshi handles the series scripts. Yukio Nagasaki is the sound director, and Kohta Yamamoto and Shun Narita are composing the music.
Yuritaro first launched the Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary manga Shinchosha’s Kurage Bunch website in April 2022. The manga just released its sixth volume in November 2024, with its seventh volume expected to be released on June 9.
Seven Seas describes the manga as follows:
Are you braver than a kindergartner? Find out with this horror manga that takes place in the most unlikely of places–and don’t miss the upcoming anime!
Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret–till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan’s hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she’s only trying to help?
