Fresh off being featured as an idol, Mahiru Shiina returns in the sixth newest zodiac sign visual for The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, which showcases the Scorpio. The anime’s second season will begin broadcasting in Japan in April 2026.
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Chihiro Kumano (Unnamed Memory assistant director, director of the upcoming The Kept Man of the Princess Knight) is serving as the new director for the upcoming second season. The previous season’s director was Kenichi Imaizumi (Kingdom Season 3 to 5 and After School Dice Club director), but sometime before the show premiered, the credits changed to list Lihua Wang/Reika Ou as director and Imaizumi as supervisor.
Keiichiro Ochi and Takayuki Noguchi are returning as the series composer and character designer, respectively, along with N-Nei Kurahashi as sub-character designer. Project No.9 is in charge of the animation production once again.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten stars:
- • Taito Ban as Amane Fujimiya
- • Manaka Iwami as Mahiru Shiina
- • Taku Yashiro as Itsuki Akasawa
- • Haruka Shiraishi as Chitose Shirakawa
The original light novel series is written by Saekisan and illustrated by Hanekoto, starting from the second volume onwards. It was first published on June 15, 2019 under SB Creative’s GA Bunko imprint. Eleven physical volumes and three short story collections have been released as of September 2025, with a 12th volume expected to be released in Japan on March 14, 2026. Yen Press releases the light novel series in English under its Yen On imprint.
For the light novel’s first volume, current illustrator Hanekoto only drew the cover art while Hazano Watake worked on the rest of the illustrations.
A manga adaptation by Wan Shibata was launched in Square Enix’s Manga UP! app and website on January 6, 2022. Six tankobon volumes have been released as of October 2025. Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga for English release.
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The first season of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten aired from January 2023 to March 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired in Japan. It describes the main premise of the series as:
To thank him for his kind gesture, Mahiru cooks and cleans for her untidy neighbor Amane. But what was just a generous show of gratitude turns into more as they grow closer. This is the story of a sweet romance between a boy and the girl next door.
Sources: The Angel Next Spoils Me Rotten Official Twitter (via AIR News)
