{"id":35814,"date":"2026-07-13T07:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/noa-senpai-wa-tomodachi-manga-inspires-anime-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:08:50","slug":"noa-senpai-wa-tomodachi-manga-inspires-anime-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/noa-senpai-wa-tomodachi-manga-inspires-anime-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi Manga Inspires Anime Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">A TV anime adaptation of the <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi<\/em> manga (which has the accompanying English title <em>Noa Is My Senior, And My Friend<\/em>) has been announced with a teaser visual.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u3042\u304d\u3084\u307e\u3048\u3093\u307e\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u306e\u3042\u5148\u8f29\u306f\u3068\u3082\u3060\u3061\u3002\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Shinsuke Yanagi<\/strong> (<em>Senpai is an Otokonoko<\/em>, <em>Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki<\/em>) is directing the anime at <strong>feel.\u00a0<\/strong>with <strong>Yumiko Yamamoto<\/strong> (<em>Lycoris Recoil<\/em>\u00a0sub-character designer,\u00a0<em>Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld<\/em> co-character designer, the upcoming <em>Sword Art Online \u2013 Integral Domain \u2013<\/em>) as character designer and <strong>Keiicihiro Ochi<\/strong> (<em>I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class<\/em>, the upcoming<em> Black Clover 2nd Season<\/em>) as<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi<\/em> manga by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Enma Akiyama<\/strong> debuted in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shueisha <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weekly Young Jump s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">einen magazine in<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> July 2023. The story centers around two <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">game company colleagues, an art director with a career woman image named Noa Saotome and the more relaxed Rihito Otsuka, who become \u201cfriends\u201d by chance after Rihito stumbles upon the former\u2019s more vulnerable side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The 11th volume of the manga will be released on July 17, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/noasenpai_anime\/status\/2076607574267285578\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\">@noasenpai_anime<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TV anime adaptation of the Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi manga (which has the accompanying English title Noa Is My Senior, And My Friend) has been announced with a teaser visual.\u00a0 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