The TV anime adaptation of Tomohito Oda’s Komi Can’t Communicate comedy manga has revealed a new visual, the first promotional video, additional cast and staff. It is also confirmed to premiere on October 6.
The series centers on Shouko Komi, a super bishōjo who has serious issues in communicating with others. With the help of her classmate Hitohito Tadano, she starts her quest to find 100 friends. Aoi Koga plays the bishōjo protagonist Shouko, while Gakuto Kajiwara plays her classmate Hitohito.
▍1st PV
▍Additional Cast
■ Ren Yamai – CV: Rina Hidaka
■ Omoharu Nakanaka – CV: Rumi Okubo
■ Himiko Agari – CV: Yukiyo Fujii
Also, Noriko Hidaka is narrating the anime. Kitri will perform the ending theme song “Hikareinochi” (ヒカレイノチ).
▍Synopsis
On her first day attending the elite Itan Private High School, the main setting of the story, Shouko Komi immediately receives an overwhelming surge in popularity due to the unprecedented, stoic beauty and refined elegance her classmates perceive her to possess. However, only Hitohito Tadano, an exceedingly average schoolboy assigned to the seat next to hers, is able to have the opportunity to discover that, behind her bishōjo appearance, Komi has serious issues in communicating with others. Tadano sets out to help Komi on her quest to find 100 friends.
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Tomohito Oda [Serializing at Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday]
Chief Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Director: Kazuki Kawagoe
Series Composition: Deko Akao
Character Design: Atsuko Nakajima
Art Director: Masaru Sato
Color Design: Yuki Hayashi
Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki
Editing:Toshihiko Kojima
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
Sound Director: Jun Watanabe
Sound Production: HALF H・P STUDIO
Animation: OLM
▍Cast
■ Shouko Komi – CV: Aoi Koga
■ Hitohito Tadano – CV: Gakuto Kajiwara
■ Najimi Osana – CV: Rie Murakawa
■ Ren Yamai – CV: Rina Hidaka
■ Omoharu Nakanaka – CV: Rumi Okubo
■ Himiko Agari – CV: Yukiyo Fujii
■ Narrator – Noriko Hidaka