A new key visual and additional cast members have been revealed for the upcoming NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita TV anime series, which begins airing in Japan in January 2025.
The additional cast members include Fairouz Ai as Ayame Momochi, Saya Aizawa as Hina Izumi, and Hina Kino as Kanae Natsumi. They join main cast members Hinaki Yano as Shizuri Ideura and Shoya Ishige as Tsukasa Atsumi.
Hisashi Saito (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 in charge of the animation production.
The anime is based on the romantic comedy web manga written and illustrated by Kotatsu, with Mato Yakito credited with the storyboarding. It was first launched on Niconico Seiga’s No 9. Comic and Twitter on January 25, 2020. Ten digital volumes have been released by Kadokawa under its Dengeki Comics EX label, while three print volumes have been released by ASCII Media Works as of March 2023.
NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita centers on a normal salaryman named Tsukasa, who is attacked by demons one night, and 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 personal bodyguard.