The official website of the Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (Kaya-chan Isn't Scary) television anime revealed four additional cast, staff, theme song, and a second promotional video on Thursday. The anime series adapting Tarou Yuri's school supernatural manga will premiere on January 11, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. on TV Tokyo's six affiliate networks, AT-X, and WOWOW.

Cast
Shizuo Satou (Kaya Papa): Toshiyuki Morikawa (Buddy Daddies)
Mirai Satou (Kaya Mama): Mamiko Noto (Shokugeki no Souma)
Nana Ebisumori (Nana): Haruka Tomatsu (Isekai Ojisan)
Mutsu Ebisumori (Mutsu): Yoshiko Sakakibara (Psycho-Pass)

Staff
Art Director, Art Design: Ayumi Satou (Zetsuen no Tempest)
Color Design: Ritsuko Utagawa (Mieruko-chan)
Director of Photography: Natsuki Yoshizawa (Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai photography)
Editing: Gou Sadamatsu (Clevatess)
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Boushoku no Berserk)
Music Production: Pony Canyon

Virtual singer Isekaijoucho (Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan: Super Extra) is performing the opening theme "Maboroshi no Yukue." SAK & TAO, also virtual singers, are performing the ending theme "Playmour feat. Kaya-chan." Both songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Hiroshi Ikehata (Dark Gathering) is directing the anime at East Fish Studio. Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombieland Saga) is handling the series composition.

Tarou Yamada (Kyochuu Rettou CG director) and Hiroyuki Moriguchi (Around 40 Otoko no Isekai Tsuuhan) are designing the characters. Kohta Yamamoto (Mato Seihei no Slave) and Shun Narita (Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha) are composing the music.

Yuri began serializing the manga on the Kurage Bunch website in April 2022. Shinchosha published the seventh volume on June 9, with the eighth volume scheduled to be released on January 8, 2026.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English in November 2024 and shipped the third volume on October 28. The fourth volume is planned for a January 6, 2026 release.

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Source: Press Release