Pony Canyon has announced that the TV anime adaptation of Spica Aoki’s Kaiju Girl Caramelise (Otome Kaijū Caramelise in Japanese) manga will premiere in July 2026 on TBS and BS11 channels. A new teaser trailer and key visual for the Kaiju Girl Caramelise anime were also released.
The main cast of the anime includes:
- Hikari Senga as Kuroe Akaishi
- Daishi Kajita as Arata Minami
- Akira Sekine as Manatsu Tomosato
- Haruka Shiraishi as Raimu Kono
- Kotono Mitsuishi as Rinko Akaishi
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kotaro Hibino
- Eriko Matsui as Jumbo King
Teruyuki Omine directs the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Yuniko Ayana handles the series scripts, and Mitomi Nakayama is the character designer. GOOD SMILE FILM is producing the series.
Aoki launched the manga series in Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Alive magazine in 2018, and the series is still ongoing. The ninth compiled book volume will ship out on December 23. Yen Press publishes the manga series in English.
Here’s a story synopsis, via Pony Canyon:
Love… or Destruction?
Kuroe Akaishi, a high-school girl suffering from a mysterious illness, has always lived avoiding others because of her awkwardness in social situations.
One fateful encounter leads her to fall in love with Arata Minami—the most popular boy in her class.
And the moment she realizes her feelings, the dormant power within her awakens…
A battle between love and reason is in conflict.
A shocking twist that shatters the conventions of shoujo manga is about to sweep across Japan!