The official website for the TV anime of Eroki and Shinko Konoshiro’s Ushiro no Shōmen Kamui-san (Kamui-san Directly Behind You) manga has revealed the anime’s teaser promotional video, key visual, main cast and staff members, and its July 2026 premiere window. There will be on-air and “Deregula” (uncensored) versions of the Ushiro no Shōmen Kamui-san anime when it premieres.
The anime’s main cast includes:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Kamui
- Riko Aono as Shizuka Mimitsuka
- M.A.O as Oichi
- Yuka Aisaka as Kyōko
- Shiori Izawa as Inagawa
Takumi Tsukumo directs the anime at Zero-G and ZG-R. Motofumi Nakajō is in charge of series scripts, and Toshinari Yamashita is the character designer.
Additional staff members include:
- Sub-Character Designer: Nana Hiiragi
- Color Key Artist: Takuya Kawami
- Chief Animation Directors: Takayuki Noguchi, Tomyuki Abe
- Art Director: Shinji Katahira (Studio Arkansas)
- Art Setting: Junichirō Nishikawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tatsuya Yanagihara
- Editing: Masaki Utsunomiya
- Sound Directors: Shūhei Abe (on-air version), “Nankai-Teiō” (full Deregula version)
- Music: Chihiro Endō
WWWave Corporation’s Deregula anime label is producing the anime. The company also owns the ComicFesta web manga service and AnimeFesta programming block, so it will likely be streaming on AnimeFesta as well.
The story of Ushiro no Shōmen Kamui-san focuses on Shizuka, a high school girl who can see ghosts. Shizuka works as an assistant for the famous psychic Kamui, who has a peculiar way of handling exorcisms.
Eroki and Konoshiro launched the manga in March 2020 on Shogakukan’s Manga ONE app. Shogakukan is publishing the manga series in print, and 12 compiled book volumes are available as of February 19, 2026.
