The official website of the Mayonaka Heart Tune (Tune In to the Midnight Heart) television anime revealed additional staff, a second promotional video, key visual (pictured), and the theme songs on Thursday.

The anime series adapting Masakuni Igarashi's showbiz-themed romantic comedy manga will begin airing on January 6, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. on Kansai TV and Fuji TV's new Karnival!! programming slot (previously Ka☆Dora Eleven). BS Asahi will air the television anime on its Anime A programming block beginning January 9, 2026 at 11:00 p.m.

Staff
Script: Yukie Sugawara (Overlord)
Sub-character Design: Minori Homura (Maou-sama, Retry! R character design), Yurika Someya (Enen no Shouboutai animation director), Akihiro Kikuchi (Witch Watch animation director), Mikio (Zenshuu.)
Color Design: Azusa Sasaki (Giji Harem)
Art Director: Masakazu Miyake (Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai)
Art Design: Yukiko Uegaki (Kenja no Mago)
Director of Photography: Souta Hiroshima (Yumeta Company) (Blue Archive the Animation photography)
Assistant Director of Photography: Akio Hayashi (Shinmai Ossan Boukensha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru. director of photography)
Offline Editing: Ayako Tan (Graphinica) (Renai Flops editing)
Online Editing: qooop
3DCG: Tsutomu Nomoto (Girls & Panzer 3D production cooperation)
3DCG Layout: Ami Hayashi (Lazarus)
2D Design, UI Works: Yumeta Company
Music: Kuniyuki Takahashi (MONACA) (Shangri-La Frontier)
Sound Director: Yuuichi Morita (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby)
Sound Production: Gekkou, INSPION Edge
Production: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan

VTuber Suisei Hoshimachi (Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX ending theme) is performing the opening theme "Tsuki ni Mukatte Ute." Singer-songwriter Soala is performing the ending theme "Koe no Kiseki." Both theme songs are previewed in the second promo below.

Voice actor Rikuya Yasuda (Beelzebub-jou no Okinimesu mama.) is starring as the protagonist Arisu Yamabuki. Kana Hanazawa (Gachiakuta) is joining the cast as Lemon Andou.

Masayuki Takahashi (Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro) is directing the anime at Gekkou. Yukie Sugawara is also handling the series composition. Tomoyuki Shitaya (2.5-jigen no Ririsa) is designing the characters.

Igarashi began serializing the manga in Weekly Shounen Magazine in September 2023, approximately 3.5 years after concluding Senryuu Shoujo. Kodansha published the tenth volume on September 17, with the 11th volume going on sale on December 17.

Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English in July 2024 and released the third volume on September 2. The fourth volume is planned for a November 4 release. The company also simulpublishes the manga on its K Manga app and website.

PV 2


Source: Press Release