The staff of the television anime adaptation Yuritaro's Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary (Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai) horror action manga revealed on Monday that the series will debut on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, AT-X, and WOWOW in January 2026. The staff also revealed a new commercial video, visual, and more cast.
The new cast members include:
The anime will star Azusa Tachibana as Kaya-chan and Maaya Uchidaas Chie-sensei.
Hiroshi Ikehata (365 Days to the Wedding, Kiratto Pri☆Chan) is directing the anime at East Fish Studio. Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga, Ninja Kamui) is overseeing the series scripts, Tarō Yamadaand Hiroyuki Moriguchi are designing the characters, and Kohta Yamamoto and Shun Narita are composing the music. Yukio Nagasakiis the sound director.
Seven Seas has licensed the manga, and released the first volume on April 29. The company describes the manga:
Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret--till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan's hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she's only trying to help?
The manga launched on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website in April 2022. Shinchosha released the manga's seventh volume on June 9.
Source: Press release