The Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota TV anime has received a second trailer and an October 4 JST start date.

These were accompanied by:

• A summer-themed visual
• The reveal of Hashimero‘s “Hyakumenso” as the opening song
• The reveal of Sangatsu no Phantasia‘s “Amanojaku Hero” as the ending song

©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会

Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota is based on the manga by Fuyu Azuma, which was serialized in KADOKAWA’s shonen magazine Dragon Comics Edge. Bookwalker Global describes the premise as:

Kashiwada is a girl who never shows emotions on her face. Oota always tries to surprise her…but never succeeds.

Kashiwada and Oota are classmates at a junior high school.
Oota is always thinking of pranks to surprise Kashiwada, but he always fails. Kashiwada likes to look at Oota, for he shows his emotions on his face too much. They look like opposite type of people, but they both care about each other.
“Look, Oota is up to something…” Other classmates love to see the unique relationship between them.

A heart-warming love comedy which takes place in an ordinary junior high school in Japan.

The manga’s 10th and final volume was released in 2023. The anime had its premiere at Anime Expo 2025.

Staff

• Director: Tomohiro Kamitani (Mix: Meisei Story Season 2)
• Series composer: Michiko Yokote (Call of the Night) 
• Character designer and chief animation director: Naoto Nakamura (DATE A LIVE IV and V) 
• Animation production: STUDIO POLON

Cast

• Akane Fujita as Kashiwada-san
• Kyohei Natsume as Oota-kun
• Yuya Hirose as Tadokoro-kun
• Sohei Horikane as Sata-kun
• Yumiri Hanamori as Tabuchi-san
• Mayu Mineda as Odajima-san

Source: Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota anime website