Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Thursday that Yu Chiba's Kindergarten WARS (Yōchien Wars) manga is getting a television anime. Chiba shared an illustration to commemorate the announcement:
The anime stars Atsumi Tanezaki as Rita and Kentarō Kumagai as Doug.
Shueisha's MANGA Plus website publishes the Kindergarten WARS manga digitally. Yen Press published the manga's first volume physically in April 2025. Yen Press describes the story:
Rita is Convict 999, a former legendary assassin who now works at a kindergarten for the children of world leaders. Her job is to protect the schoolchildren from the clutches of would-be assassins sent after them! But even with her overwhelming strength, Rita has a weakness—she's head-over-heels for good-looking men!
Chiba launched the manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ app and website in September 2022. Shueisha published the manga's 15th compiled book volume on August 4. The manga entered its final arc in March. The manga has over 1.7 million copies in circulation.
Chiba launched the Yōchien Wars -LUKE- (Kindergarten WARS -LUKE-) spinoff manga in November 2024. The spinoff manga is a 180-page story about the character Luke.
Source: Press release