A small girl is able to peer into what lies on the other side of humanity in the TV anime adaptation of Yuritaro’s Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary horror action manga series. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary, including the release dates and schedule for all episodes of the anime.
In the story of Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary, Kaya-chan is a problem child in kindergarten, and no one seems to know why until Chie-sensei steps in. Chie-sensei learns about Kaya-chan’s ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them. The five-year-old is quite skillful, but of course, she will need to stay out of trouble to do well in school.
Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary will release on Sundays at 2:00 a.m. PT / 5:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary will run for 12 episodes with English subtitles and an English dub.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – January 11 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – January 18 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – January 25 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – February 1 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – February 8 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – February 15 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – February 22 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – March 1 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – March 8 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – March 15 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – March 22 – OUT NOW
- Episode 12 – March 29 – OUT NOW
New episodes of Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 2:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 3:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 4:00 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 5:00 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 9:00 a.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Isekaijoucho performs the opening theme song “Maboroshi no Yukue (The Phantom’s Destination)” and SAK and TAO perform the ending theme song “Playmour feat. Kaya-chan (Azusa Tachibana).”
Cast members for Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary include:
- Azusa Tachibana as Kaya-chan
- Maaya Uchida as Chie-sensei
- Yūki Kaji as Namu
- Fukushi Ochiai as Mobuo
- Azusa Tadokoro as Akira-sensei
- Shiori Izawa as Chihiro-sensei
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kaya-Papa (Shizuo Satō)
- Mamiko Noto as Kaya-Mama (Mirai Satō)
- Haruka Tomatsu as Nana Ebisumori
- Yoshiko Sakakibara as Mutsu Ebisumori
- Misaki Kuno as Saku-chan
- Mutsumi Tamura as Kenken
- Chiemi Tanaka as Yuzu-chan
Hiroshi Ikehata directs the Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary anime at East Fish Studio. Tarō Yamada and Hiroyuki Moriguchi are the character designers, and Shigeru Murakoshi handles the series scripts. Yukio Nagasaki is the sound director, and Kohta Yamamoto and Shun Narita are composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
- Art Setting/Art Director: Ayumi Satō
- Color Design: Ritsuko Utagawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Natsuki Yoshizawa
- Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
- Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
Where Can I Watch Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary?
The Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary anime is airing on TV Tokyo and its affiliate channels, AT-X, and WOWOW in Japan, and Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, excluding Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia and Timor-Leste.
What is Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary About?
Yuritaro first launched the Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary manga Shinchosha’s Kurage Bunch website in April 2022.
Seven Seas Entertainment describes the manga as follows:
Are you braver than a kindergartner? Find out with this horror manga that takes place in the most unlikely of places–and don’t miss the upcoming anime!
Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret–till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan’s hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she’s only trying to help?
