Publishing company Kodansha announced an anime adaptation of Nene Azuki's Mii-chan to Yamada-san (Mii-chan and Miss Yamada) web manga on Sunday and revealed an illustration (pictured) drawn by Azuki to commemorate the announcement. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2027.

Azuki began serializing the drama manga on the Magazine pocket website in September 2024. Kodansha shipped the sixth volume on April 23 and will release the seventh and final volume on September 9. Mii-chan to Yamada-san has a cumulative 2.8 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English on January 28 and will publish the first volume on December 8.

Mii-chan to Yamada-san ranked fourth in the Male Readers' Top 20 of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2026 and was nominated in the General category of the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards.

Synopsis
In the heart of Shinjuku, there are a variety of host and hostess nightclubs open to customers seeking a night of indulgence with a gorgeous companion. Yamada is one of those companions. She balances university and work, but finds herself more interested in becoming a model hostess than a star pupil. The pay is too tempting to resist, which is why so many girls come and go in the industry. But in 2012, she meets someone completely different. Mii-chan is a petite young woman who seems to be rather useless at most things—barely able to read or write and, unfortunately, clumsy—earning her ridicule from staff and customers alike. However, her bright energy and endless motivation proves hard to ignore, and Yamada finds herself drawn in by Mii-chan's charm.

A beautiful and tragic story about an unlikely friendship and the unfortunate end that separated them forever. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Announcement


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Mii-chan to Yamada-san on MAL