HIDIVE announced the anime adaptation of Nikumaru’s Bad Girl manga is joining the platform’s summer 2025 simulcast lineup when the series premieres on July 5. In addition, HIDIVE will host a world premiere of Bad Girl Episodes 1 & 2 on Friday, July 4 as part of its programming schedule at Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles.
“We’re excited to bring the hilarious new comedy Bad Girl to fans this July as an exclusive simulcast series for Summer 2025,” said HIDIVE president John Ledford in a press release. “With each episode, the series offers viewers a fresh new dose of uproarious high school antics. Bad Girl is guaranteed to entertain fans all summer long!”
Tenrogun will perform the opening theme song “Super Big Love!”
The cast includes:
- Azusa Tachibana as Yū Yutani
- Niina Hanamiya as Atori Mizutori
- Yui Horie as Maria Komari
- Miharu Hanai as Rura Ruriha
- Kaori Maeda as Mizuka Mizutori
- Lynn as Kiyoraka Sumiki
- Misato Matsuoka as Suzu Suzukaze
Takeshi Furuta, known for his work on Shaman King, is directing the anime at Bridge. Yūki Morimoto is handling the character design, Arisa Okehazama composes the music, and Shoji Yonemura is handling the series composition.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime via HIDIVE:
Yu Yutani is a first-year high school student with sharp eyes, large piercings and flashy two-tone hair. She’s become notorious as a bad girl… but she’s really not. At heart, Yu is an incredibly good girl, but her mind is always full of thoughts of the beautiful and popular Atori Mizutori, the school’s Madonna and head of the student disciplinary committee. So, on her mission to attract the attention of Atori, Yu decided to quit being an honor student and become a “bad delinquent!”
