Staff
Director: Asami Nakatani (Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror)
Assistant Director: Yukiko Tsukahara (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san episode director)
Series Composition: Yoshimi Narita (Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi)
Character Design: Mai Matsuura (Sirius)
Music: Takurou Iga ("Oshi no Ko")
Studio: Doga Kobo
Wayama debuted Muchuu sa, Kimi ni. as an anthology at the COMITIA 127 event in February 2019. Kadokawa acquired and published the manga in a single volume in August that year.
Wayama originally published Karaoke Iko! as a doujin at the COMITIA 129 in August 2019. Kadokawa published the manga in a single volume in September 2020. Wayama began drawing the Famiresu Iko. (Let's Go to Family Restaurant) sequel manga in Monthly Comic Beam in November that year. Kadokawa released the first volume in December 2023.
Yen Press licensed both manga in English in 2021 and published Muchuu sa, Kimi ni. in July that year, followed by Karaoke Iko! in March 2022.
Muchuu sa, Kimi ni. placed second in the female readers category in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings. The manga was also nominated for the 13th Manga Taisho award and won the Short Work Prize at the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020.
Karaoke Iko! placed fifth in the female readers category in the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings and was nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho award in 2021. The manga also received a live-action movie that opened in Japan on January 12.Synopsis (Muchuu sa, Kimi ni.)
Hayashi's frank, guileless demeanor quietly draws the attention of classmates and strangers as he counts all the stairs in school, photographs street signs, and dries sweet potatoes on the classroom balcony. In a world shaped by conformity, Hayashi is refreshingly and unapologetically true to himself. Conversely, Nikaidou has worked very hard to perfect a gloomy, dour façade that keeps his classmates far, far away. While much of the school regards Nikaidou as a bad omen, one student catches a glimpse behind the mask and-undeterred by rumors of bad luck and supernatural powers-begins to pick away Nikaidou's carefully crafted persona... (Source: Yen Press)
Synopsis (Karaoke Iko!)
Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career—right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, "Let's go karaoke!" As a yakuza, Kyouji Narita doesn't scare easily, but a terrifying prospect has driven him to seek Satomi's help. The boss is holding a karaoke contest, with the loser forced to get a tattoo to be selected and torturously applied by the boss himself! Oka has been to many vocal rehearsals over the years, but never one-on-one karaoke sessions with a gangster!! (Source: Yen Press, edited)
Teaser PV
Official site: https://wayamayama-anime.com/
Official X: @karaokemuchusa
Source: Comic Natalie
Muchuu sa, Kimi ni. & Karaoke Iko! on MAL
