The Kirio Fan Club TV anime has received a second key visual. The show is set to begin airing on April 2 (effectively April 3 at 12:26 AM JST).
©Chikyu no Osakana Ponchan, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha/ Kirio Fan Club Anime Production Committee
Kirio Fan Club is based on the manga by Chikyuu no Osakana Ponchan. The story follows two girls who like the same guy. The anime’s description reads:
Dear Kirio-kun, I like you.
But I didn’t know…
That liking someone could be this painful.
I really, really like you, Kirio-kun.
I want to eat hamburgers with you.
I want to share an umbrella with you.
I want to smash plates together with you.
I want to go on a journey searching for every mole on your body.
I want the day I met you to be a national holiday.
Aimi and Nami, sharing their thoughts about the person they love—these are their precious moments together.
They thought these ordinary days would last forever.
But this chain of one-sided feelings is about to change their everyday life.
The Kirio Fan Club manga debuted on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s COMIC Ruelle in 2022 and released its sixth and final volume in September 2024. It has inspired a live-action drama adaptation.
Staff
• Director: So Toyama (The Apothecary Diaries Episode 16 storyboard artist and director)
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Aya Satsuki (Solo Camping for Two)
• Character designer: Nami Hayashi (Tasuketsu -Fate of the Majority)
• Main key animator: Kikuko Sadakata (Twin Star Exorcists character designer)
• Animation production: SATELIGHT
Cast
• Nene Hieda as Aimi Miyoshi
• Shion Wakayama as Nami Sometani
• Gakuto Kajiwara as Ken Kirio
Source: Press release
