Kadokawa has announced that Enma Akiyama’s Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. (Noa Is My Senior, and My Friend.) manga will be getting an anime adaptation. The Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. anime’s teaser visual and staff members were also revealed.
Shinsuke Yanagi, known for his work on Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, is directing the anime at feel., Keiichirō Ōchi is in charge of series scripts, and Yumiko Yamamoto is designing the characters.
Akiyama, who previous worked on the Killer in Love (Kimi ni Koisuru Satsujinki) manga series, launched Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine in 2023. Shueisha publishes the manga in print, and the manga’s 11th compiled book volume will release on July 17.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via MyAnimeList:
Noa Saotome is an art director at a gaming company. Highly trusted by her boss and admired by her juniors for her work ethic, she is the definition of a successful, high-flying career woman. But in reality, she’s hiding a completely different side.
Rihito Otsuka, a second-year employee whose life motto is energy conservation, accidentally catches a glimpse of the secret side Noa keeps fiercely hidden from the world. That chance encounter sparks an after-hours friendship between the two.
Can a genuine bond truly form between a burnt-out career woman and a detached, low-energy guy?!
