Publishing company Shogakukan announced a television anime adaptation of Kenjirou Hata's Tonikaku Kawaii (Fly Me to The Moon) manga on Wednesday. The anime series is scheduled for an October 2020 premiere. Hata drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement (pictured).

Synopsis
Having grown up ridiculed for his bizarre name, Nasa Yuzaki strives to be remembered for something more. Fortunately, it seems he's on the right path, ranking first in the nation's mock exams and set to enter his high school of choice.

However, everything changes in a single night when he notices a girl across the street on his way home. Enraptured by her overwhelming cuteness, it's love at first sight for Nasa. But in his infatuated daze, he fails to notice the approaching danger speeding down the road and finds himself at death's door. Barely alive thanks to the girl's intervention, Nasa musters the courage to confess his love to her, fearing she might otherwise vanish from his life. She accepts his proposal on one condition: marriage, to which Nasa gladly accepts before passing out from his injuries. Upon waking, however, the girl is nowhere to be found.

After recovering from his injuries, Nasa tosses his previous ambitions aside and dedicates his life to finding the girl that captured his heart, yet several years pass to no avail. But one night, when an unexpected visitor comes knocking on his door, Nasa finds himself facing a woman that would forever change his world: his wife. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hata began drawing the romantic comedy manga in Shounen Sunday in February 2018, approximately ten months after ending Hayate no Gotoku! (Hayate The Combat Butler) in the same magazine. Shogakukan published the ninth volume on January 17, with the tenth volume planned for a March 18 release. Tonikaku Kawaii has a cumulative 1.2 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English last month and lists the first volume for a September 2020 release.

Tonikaku Kawaii ranked among the top 20 manga in the 5th Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taisho, a joint award by Kadokawa's Da Vinci literature magazine and streaming platform Niconico.

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Official Twitter: @tonikawa_anime

Source: Comic Natalie

Tonikaku Kawaii on MAL