Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! Anime Premieres October 5

Kadokawa released a promotional video for the upcoming anime adaptation of Nanateru’s Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai) manga, which premieres on October 5. Additionally, information on the cast and staff was made available. The video previewed the opening theme song “Dramatic Overlay” by ZAQ.

Check out the video below:

The cast of the Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! anime includes:

• Hika Tsukishiro as Alma
• Ryōta Suzuki as Enji Kamisato
• M.A.O as Suzume Yobane
• Rika Nagae as Makina (new)
• Hinaki Yano as Neon (new)

Yasuhiro Minami directs the Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! anime series at Studio Flad. Yukie Sugawara oversees the series scripts, and Mika Yamamoto is the character designer.

Newly added staff include:

• Series Director: Kōsuke Kobayashi
• Assistant Director: Reiko Nozaki
• Sub-Character Designer: Ruriko Watanabe
• Prop Design: Ayako Tauchi
• Mecha Prop Design: Joma
• Art Setting: Yukiko Ashino
• Art Director: Daisuke Suzuki
• Color Design: Yuki Tozawa
• Compositing Director of Photography: Tomoya Yokoyama
• Editor: Yūsuke Ueno (Yanagi Editing Room)
• Sound Director: Kazuki Kuwahara
• Music: Mito (clammbon)
• Music Production: Lantis

Kadokawa’s Comic Newtype website ran the original manga, and Kadokawa published three volumes in total. The third volume will be released in March 2024. The sequel manga Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai Z launched on July 31, 2024, and it’s still ongoing. The first volume is scheduled for release on April 25.

The manga is available on MangaDex. Here’s a description of the manga:

A slice-of-life comedy about an ultimate weapon in the shape of a cute little girl named “Alma”, and the two scientists who created her! These two scientific geniuses are constantly being befuddled by Alma’s incisive questions and analysis of their relationship!