Broadcasting station Fuji TV opened an official website for a new television anime adaptation of Motoei Shinzawa's High School! Kimengumi (High School! Funny-face Club) manga on Friday, revealing the main cast, staff, an image music video, and a teaser visual (pictured). The new anime will air on Fridays at 11:30 p.m on Fuji TV's noitaminA programming block beginning in January 2026.

Cast
Rei Ichidou: Tomokazu Seki (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean)
Gou Reietsu: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi)
Kiyoshi Shusse: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen)
Dai Monohoshi: Kikunosuke Toya (Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai.)
Jin Daima: Chiaki Kobayashi (Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai)
Chie Uru: Ikumi Hasegawa (Bocchi the Rock!)
Yui Kawa: Haruka Shiraishi (Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai)

Staff
Director: Kazuaki Seki (Ranma ½ (2024) opening sequence director)
Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombieland Saga)
Character Design: Yuka Abe (Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no Shou animation director)
Animation Director: Takashi Nishikawa (Nobunaga-sensei no Osanazuma)
Song Production: Night Tempo (Let's Play: Quest-darake no My Life insert song performance)
Planning, Production: Slow Curve
Studio: Seven

Shinzawa serialized the original 3-nen Kimengumi (Third Year Funny-face Club) manga in Weekly Shounen Jump from October 1980 to April 1982, followed by the High School! Kimengumi sequel manga in the same magazine from April 1982 to July 1987. Shueisha published the 20th and final volume in February 1988.

The original television anime produced by Gallop and Studio Comet aired in 86 episodes from Fall 1985 to Fall 1987. The side story movie opened in Japan in July 1986.

REMOW streamed the original High School! Kimengumi anime on its Anime YouTube channel with English subtitles in the U.S and Canada.

Synopsis
Rei Ichidou, Gou Reietsu, Kiyoshi Shusse, Jin Daima, and Dai Monohoshi are five mischievous boys attending Ichiou Junior High. Each with an eccentric personality and a knack for chaos, they've earned a reputation as the infamous "Kimen-gumi."

One day, new transfer student Yui Kawa and her friend Chie Uru encounter the group and soon find themselves drawn into their antics. Around them are other colorful cliques—from the handsome "Iro Otoko-gumi" led by Shou Kireide, to the delinquent "Ban-gumi" led by You Nihiruda, the athletic "Ude-gumi" led by Kai Undou, and the tough girl squad "Onna-gumi" led by Jako Amano.

As time passes and a new spring begins, the everyday lives of these eccentric students unfold in a lively and comedic school story.

Image Music Video


Official site: http://kimengumi.com/
Official X: @kimengumi_anime

Source: Anime! Anime!

High School! Kimengumi (2026) on MAL