The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Jura’s Kanojo no Tomodachi (My Girlfriend’s Friend) manga confirmed the anime’s October 2026 premiere. The main cast, staff, and key visual for the Kanojo no Tomodachi anime were also revealed.
The main cast includes:
- Ryūga Nagai as Takeru
- Sayahana Hanemurasaki as Kaori
- Miki Hase as Tomoko
Takashi Andō is directing the anime at Quad, and WWWave Corporation and Deregula are credited for production. Gokō Shiraki writes and supervises the series’ scripts. Ryūji Iwata is the character designer and co-chief animation director alongside Akira Koshiishi, Masayuki Fujita, and Konatsu Kumagai. Hiroki Nishiyama is the sound director, Makoto Tōgō is the director of photography, and Junichi Masunaga is the editor. Naoto Awano is the animation producer, Takafumi Suzuki is the producer, and Kazuki Yanase is the publicity producer. Naoki Onimaru is credited for setting production.
Jura launched the manga in Kodansha’s YanMaga Web in May 2021. Kodansha published the manga’s sixth compiled book volume in October 2025.
The story of Kanojo no Tomodachi focuses on Takeru, a high school boy with a girlfriend named Kaori. Kaori confessed her feelings to him and became his first-ever girlfriend, but Kaori’s friend, Tomoko, poses a problem as she begins to seduce him.
Deregula will also produce a TV anime of Eroki and Shinko Konoshiro’s Ushiro no Shōmen Kamui-san (Kamui-san Directly Behind You) manga this July. There will be on-air and “Deregula” (uncensored) versions of the Ushiro no Shōmen Kamui-san anime when it premieres.
