Pony Canyon announced the TV anime adaptation of Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan’s Kirio Fan Club manga series will premiere in 2026. The main staff and cast of the Kirio Fan Club anime were also revealed with a new promotional video and key visual.
The anime’s cast includes:
- Nene Hieda as Aimi Miyoshi
- Shion Wakayama as Nami Sometani
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Ken Kirio
Sō Toyama directs the anime at SATELIGHT. Aya Satsuki oversees and writes the series scripts, and Nami Hayashi is the character designer.
Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan launched the manga on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s Comic Ruelle service in 2022, and the manga ran until August 2024. Kodansha USA Publishing will begin to release the manga in English starting in spring 2026.
Lastly, here’s a synopsis of the story, via Kodansha:
What would you do if your crush had ear-splitting farts? For Aimi and Nami, the answer is to cry tears of joy for being able to pinpoint at a distance the object of their affections, Kirio, from a single toot. These are the kinds of deep, philosophical questions the two friends/rivals in romance pose to each other to prove their love for this boy who hardly seems to know they exist. That won’t stop them from conducting nightly rituals to entice him into their dreams, though, or listing out what exactly they like about him, down to the very last organ. But when push comes to shove, will they choose their hilarious friendship over a shot at love?
