Two girls become closer while getting to know Kirio, the same boy they have a crush on, in the highly anticipated anime adaptation of Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan’s Kirio Fan Club manga. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the Kirio Fan Club anime, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and the cast and staff.
The story of Kirio Fan Club focuses on Aimi and Nami. The two girls battle over which one loves Kirio more, leading to some whimsical and deeply emotional movements. As the two discover what makes love valuable, they grow a healthy friendship that could prove to be just as fruitful and heartwarming.
Kirio Fan Club Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New Kirio Fan Club episodes will release on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET on HIDIVE. Episodes will be released with English subs. Kirio Fan Club will feature 12 episodes in total.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Kirio Fan Club (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – April 2 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – April 9 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – April 16 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – April 23 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – April 30 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – May 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – May 14 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – May 21 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – May 28 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – June 4 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – June 11
- Episode 12 – June 18
New episodes of Kirio Fan Club will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 9:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 4:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Skirt and ODD Foot Works perform the opening theme song “FANCLUB,” and Ako performs the ending theme song “Harmony.”
The cast members include:
- Yūya Hirose as Mitsuru Manda
- Jin Ogasawara as Hayato Momose
- Ayasa Itō as Satsuki Muraoka
- Fūka Izumi as Seira Tashiro
- Nene Hieda as Aimi Miyoshi
- Shion Wakayama as Nami Sometani
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Ken Kirio
Sō Toyama directs the Kirio Fan Club anime at SATELIGHT. Aya Satsuki oversees and writes the series scripts, and Nami Hayashi is the character designer.
Additional staff members include:
- Main Key Animation: Kikuko Sadakata
- Art Settings: Katsuhisa Takiguchi (Studio Tulip)
- Art Director: Daisuke Suzuki (Studio Tulip)
- Color Design: Haruko Nobori (Hiyori)
- Director of Photography: Tsuyoshi Shimura
- Editing: Shūji Matsumoto
- Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
- Sound Production: Studio Sound Bee
- Music: Tomoki Kikuya
- Music Production: PONY CANYON
Where Can I Watch Kirio Fan Club?
HIDIVE will be streaming the Kirio Fan Club anime in various regions outside Japan, including the U.S. In Japan, the anime will air during the Super Animeism TURBO programming block on MBS, TBS, and 26 affiliate channels.
What is Kirio Fan Club About?
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?
