Production company Kadokawa opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Enma Akiyama's Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi (Noa Is My Senior, and My Friend) manga on Monday, revealing the main staff and a teaser visual (pictured right). Akiyama also drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement (pictured above).

Staff
Director: Shinsuke Yanagi (Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun, Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano datta)
Series Composition: Keiichirou Oochi (5-toubun no Hanayome, Kanojo mo Kanojo)
Character Design: Yumiko Yamamoto (Shichisei no Subaru, Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld)
Studio: feel.

Akiyama began publishing the comedy manga in Weekly Young Jump magazine in July 2023. Shueisha was released the tenth volume on April 17, with the 11th volume scheduled for a July 17 release. The series has a cumulative 1 million copies of its volumes in print.

A promotional video was released to commemorate the release of the first volume in October 2023. It features voice actors Mayu Yoshioka (Wake Up, Girls!) and Kengo Kawanishi (3-Gatsu no Lion) as Noa Saotome and Rihito Ootsuka, respectively.

The series was nominated in the 10th Next Manga Awards and came 8th in the print category.

Synopsis:
Noa Saotome is an art director at a gaming company. Highly trusted by her boss and admired by her juniors for her work ethic, she is the definition of a successful, high-flying career woman. But in reality, she's hiding a completely different side.

Rihito Otsuka, a second-year employee whose life motto is energy conservation, accidentally catches a glimpse of the secret side Noa keeps fiercely hidden from the world. That chance encounter sparks an after-hours friendship between the two.

Can a genuine bond truly form between a burnt-out career woman and a detached, low-energy guy?!

Official site: https://noasenpai-anime.com/
Official X: @noasenpai_anime

Source: animate Times

Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi on MAL