The production committee for the NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita TV anime series has released a special Ninja key visual on the anime’s official Twitter account. The visual was released in commemoration of National Ninja Day on February 22, 2024.
A premiere date for the anime has not yet been announced.
Hinaki Yano is voicing the kunoichi, Shizuri Ideura, while Shouya Ishige voices the salaryman Tsukasa Atsumi. Shigeru Chiba is serving as the show’s narrator.
Hisashi Saitou (Kuroitsu-san from the Monster Development Department) is directing the anime series, with Takashi Aoshima (The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You) as series screenwriter, Masahiko Suzuki (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs) as character designer, and CMJK as music composer. Quad is handling the animation production.
The original NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita web manga is written and illustrated by Kotatsu, with Yakitomato credited for name cooperation. It was first launched on Twitter as a self-published webcomic on Twitter on January 25, 2020. It was later re-published in Niconico Seiga’s No 9. Comic on February 22, 2024. Ten digital volumes were released by Kadokawa under its Dengeki Comics EX label as of March 2023. Three print volumes have also been released by ASCII Media Works as of March 2023.
The manga follows a normal salaryman named Tsukasa, who is attacked by demons one night, and is saved by a genius kunoichi named Shizuri. In her downtime though, Shizuri is a lazy otaku NEET. She ends up living together with Tsukasa and takes advantage of his homemaking skills to pamper herself, as she continues serving as his bodyguard.
