Noa Is My Senior and My Friend Anime Set for 2027; Rina Kawaguchi and Tomoya Ito Star

The friendship between an overworked career woman and a laid-back young man is coming to anime. A TV adaptation of Enma Akiyama’s manga Noa Is My Senior and My Friend is set to air in 2027. The official site announced its two main cast members along with the broadcast year.

A relationship that begins with a hidden side

Noa Saotome is an art director at a game company. Her superiors rely on her, her juniors admire her, and she is a dedicated career professional. Then Rihito Otsuka, a second-year employee whose motto is to conserve his energy, happens to see the side of her she has kept hidden.

That encounter begins their after-work friendship. The original manga is serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump.

Cast and staff

Rina Kawaguchi plays Noa, and Tomoya Ito plays Rihito. Kawaguchi was already a fan of the manga and highlighted Noa’s rapidly changing emotions as part of her appeal. Ito said the recording sessions leave him exhausted every time, but in a satisfying way.

Nobuaki Yanagi directs, Keiichiro Ochi handles series composition, Yumiko Yamamoto designs the characters, and feel. produces the animation. The month and broadcast channels have not yet been announced; further details will come through the official site.