On Friday,
May 3, Kadokawa publishing house revealed a new
promotional teaser for the anime "Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting
Games" ( Tai Ari Deshita: Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Game Nante
Shinai ), based on the manga by Eri Ejima . The
preview not only featured new voices and details from the production team, but
also an unexpected collaboration with Street Fighter 6 , the
popular CAPCOM fighting game , which will appear as an
essential part of the story.
New
voices join the fight
New
additions to the cast include:
- Sayaka Senbongi will play Yu Inui ,
a cheerful and enthusiastic student who serves on the boarding school's
disciplinary committee. A fan of fighting games since childhood, she
becomes involved with Aya, Mio, and Tamaki and ends up delving into their
world.
- Shino Shimoji will voice Tamaki
Ichinose , the strict fourth-floor attendant of the boarding
school. She hates losing and secretly plays fighting games out of
admiration for a certain person.
A
top-level team behind the project
The series
will be directed by Shōta Ihata ( Domestic Girlfriend , Girlish
Number ) at studio diomedéa . The script is by Wataru
Watari ( My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU ), while the
character designs are in the hands of Mayuko Matsumoto ( Kan
Colle , Parallel World Pharmacy ).
The music
will be composed by Kana Hashiguchi , and the technical team
includes Scott MacDonald as art director, Maho
Takahashi as art director, Yuki Hayashi as colorist,
and Yasuyuki Itou as cinematographer. Editing will be handled
by Toshihiko Kojima , while sound will be supervised by Yayoi
Tateishi .
Additionally,
professional esports team FAV Gaming —affiliated with Kadokawa
and specializing in Street Fighter 6 —collaborated in the
recording of gameplay scenes.
Protagonists
who break with convention
The main
cast includes:
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Aya Mitsuki ,
an ordinary girl who managed to enter Kuromi Academy on scholarship.
Although she appears calm, she has been familiar with fighting games since
childhood.
- Kana Ichinose as Mio Yorue ,
nicknamed “Shirayuri-sama” for her beauty and elegance, but who hides an
intense passion for video games, despite being a bad student.
From
competition to romance?
The story
is set at the prestigious Kuromi Girls' Academy , an
institution where elegance and good behavior are everything. Aya ,
a scholarship student, deeply admires Mio , who seems to be
the epitome of perfection... until she discovers her most shameful secret:
she's a die-hard gamer and aggressive in virtual battles!
What begins
as a silent rivalry could transform into an unexpected emotional connection
between the two young women, fueled by their shared passion for no-rules
fighting games.
Expected
release and trajectory of the manga
The anime
adaptation was first announced in 2021 and is slated to premiere
in 2025. The original manga has been serialized in Monthly
Comic Flapper magazine since January 2020, and its eighth compiled
book volume was released on October 22 , 2024. The English
version is being distributed by Seven Seas Publishing .
With its
combination of high school comedy, video game duels, and potential emotional
bonds, this series promises to be one of the most unique surprises of the
season.
