A new key visual has been unveiled for the upcoming My Awkward Senpai TV anime series, spotlighting the beauty of the main heroine Azusa Kannawa. The series is scheduled to premiere in Japan in 2025.
Ayumu Kotake (Acro Trip) is directing the anime series, with Mio Inoue (Slow Start series screenwriter and co-scriptwriter, Acro Trip co-scenario writer) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter and Kenro Tokuda (Acro Trip sub-character designer) as character designer. Studio Elle is handling the animation production.
Lynn is voicing the main heroine Azusa Kannawa.
Makoto Kudo‘s original manga has been serialized in Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine since December 6, 2019. Nine tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2025. The manga is being released digitally on the Manga UP! Global app and Comikey.
The main synopsis of the My Awkward Senpai manga series is described by both companies as:
Kannawa-senpai is considered many things, but smooth is definitely not one of them. Then she meets Kamegawa, her new Kouhai. He’s cute, a little nerdy, and easy to talk to. How will this awkward Senpai be able to handle these new feelings?!
