It has been announced that the TV anime "Kaya-chan Isn't Scary," based on the manga by Yuritaro currently being serialized on Shinchosha's manga site "Kurage Bunch," will be broadcast on TV Tokyo, AT-X, and WOWOW from January 2026. Key visuals depicting the daily life of Hanamugi Kindergarten and the world of supernatural things that Kaya-chan can see have also been released.
Additional cast members have also been announced, including Yuki Kaji as the unidentified young man Nam, Fukushi Ochiai as Mobuo, the mysterious man who follows Kaya, Tadokoro Azusa as Akira, the homeroom teacher for the second year at Hanamugi Kindergarten, and Izawa Shiori as Chihiro, a teacher who also works at the same kindergarten.
The series is a horror action manga set in a kindergarten that began serialization in Kurage Bunch in April 2022. Kaya, a student at Hanamugi Kindergarten, has strong psychic powers and secretly defeats ghosts that stalk her friends and family, but her behavior is not understood and she is treated as a problem child. When her homeroom teacher, Chie, finds out her secret, Kaya's kindergarten life changes.
The anime will be directed by Hiroshi Ikehata and produced by East Fish Studio, with Azusa Tachibana playing Kaya and Maaya Uchida playing Chie.
*Cast (titles omitted)
Kaya-chan: Azusa Tachibana Tachibana ▽ Teacher Chie: Maaya Yuki Kaji Kaji ▽ Mobuo: Fukushi Ochiai ▽ Teacher Akira: Azusa Tadokoro ▽ Teacher Chihiro: Shiori Izawa
