The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Shinya Misu’s You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! (Osananajimi to wa LoveCom ni Naranai) manga confirmed the anime’s January 5, 2026 on TV Tokyo and affiliate channels, along with d Anime Store and AnimeFesta streaming services in Japan. Crunchyroll will be streaming the You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.
What’s more, the latest trailer for You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! reveals the opening theme song “I Love You♡” by HoneyWorks and cast members Rin Kusumi, Yū Serizawa, Sae Hiratsuka, and Yūki Yamamoto. Hikari Codama performs the ending theme song “Amanojaku (Contrarian).”
You Can’t Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! Trailer
Satoshi Kuwabara directs the anime at Tezuka Productions. Mitsutaka Hirota supervises the series scripts and writes them with Mayumi Morita. Reina Iwasaki designs the characters. CyberAgent is producing the anime.
Additional staff members include:
- Art Director: Masami Saito
- Color Key Artist: Yumi Aburaya
- Compositing Director of Photography: Shunya Kimura
- Editing: Wataru Uchida
- Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
- Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
The previously announced cast includes:
- Takehiro Urao as Yonosuke Sakai
- Rin Kusumi as Shio Minamo
- Yū Serizawa as Akari Hiodoshi
- Sae Hiratsuka as Runa Tsukimi
- Haru Hinata as Yūki Yamamoto
Misu released the original manga series on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket website in March 2022.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series, courtesy of Crunchyroll:
Eeyuu, a high school boy, has a problem! Shio and Akari, his two childhood friends who go to the same high school, are too cute! They have no intentions, but if they find out that he is the only one looking at them sexually now that they’ve grown up… it would be so embarrassing! On the other hand, the two childhood friends also have their own secrets…? It’s too tantalizing!! Complicated! But childhood friends are the best! A sweet, impatient, and twisted love triangle romantic comedy.
