Kadokawa announced KAF will perform the ending theme song “Arifuretetai (I Want to Be Ordinary)” for the anime adaptation of Nanateru’s Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai) manga, which premieres on October 5. ZAQ performs the opening theme song “Dramatic Overlay.”
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.
Additional staff members 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
Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! will air on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and BS Asahi channels in Japan, alongside various streaming services. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide excluding Japan and mainland China.
Kadokawa’s Comic Newtype website ran the original manga, and Kadokawa published three volumes in total. The sequel manga Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai Z launched on July 31, 2024, and it’s still ongoing.
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!
