The official website for Shimahara’s doujin project Iya na Kao Sare Nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai (I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your Underwear) reveals a new anime adaptation is in the works to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original work. The announcement of the Iya na Kao Sare Nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai R (Returns) anime was made on Underwear Day in Japan.
Saya Fukase is directing the anime at studio UWAN Pictures, and Shimahara is credited for the original work and being the general supervisor. An exhibition with illustrations of the original work and anime will be held at Art Gallery Akihabara in Tokyo from August 22 to 31. The exhibit will also sell new merchandise.
What’s more, the original manga, which had the subtitle of “Yo wa Pantsu ga Mitai zo,” launched in May 2019 on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website and the YanJan! app. It received two compiled volumes. Shimahara’s doujin project currently has 10 volumes, and there are more than 70,000 books in print.
Lastly, the manga received its first 24-minute anime adaptation at the Comiket 94 event in August 2018, and this anime received a Blu-ray disc release at Tora no Ana stores. A second anime adaptation was released in November 2019 on Niconico Channel and on Blu-ray in December 2019.
