A new key visual for the second cour of the anime adaptation of Naru Narumi’s Watari-kun’s ***** is About to Collapse manga series was released. In addition to the key visual, the creditless opening sequence for Watari-kun’s ***** is About to Collapse cour 2 was released.
shallm performs the new opening theme song “Futari-bun (For Two),” and Yurina Hirate performs the new ending theme song “Shippai Shinai Menhera no Sodate-kata (How to Successfully Raise a Mentally Unstable Person).”
The first cour of Watari-kun’s ***** is About to Collapse premiered July 4 on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and other channels in Japan, followed by the second cour on October 3. Crunchyroll streams the anime as it airs in Japan, along with an English dub.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Shūichirō Umeda as Naoto Watari
- Yumika Yano as Satsuki Tachibana
- Yurie Igoma as Yukari Ishihara
- Megu Umezawa as Makina Umezawa
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Shigenobu Tokui
- Hinaki Yano as Suzushiro Watari
The English dub cast includes:
- Abi Kumar as Naoto
- Kelly Greenshield as Ishihara
- Sarah Roach as Satsuki
- Jad Saxton as Suzu
- Robin Clayton as Sukekiyo
- Ariel Graham as Tamayo
- Daryl Mayfield as Tokui
- Nia Celeste as Naoto (Young)
Takashi Naoya directs the anime at Staple Entertainment, and Matsuo Asami is the assistant director. Tatsuya Takahashi is in charge of the series scripts alongside scriptwriter Tetsuya Yamada. Shōko Yasuda is the character designer, and she’s a co-chief animation director alongside Yukiyo Komito and Taeko Ōgi. Nonoka Suzuki designs the costumes, and Chie Yamazaki designs the props.
Narumi’s Watari-kun’s ***** is About to Collapse manga launched in August 2014 in Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine, before moving serialization to Monthly Young Magazine in November 2015. The manga ended with the 16th and final volume in November 2023.
