The
official website of the anime Iya na Kao Sare Nagara Opantsu Misete
Moraitai (I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your
Underwear) announced a new series under the title Iya
na Kao Sare Nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai R, also known as Returns.
This project will commemorate the tenth anniversary of
Shimahara's original work.
The news
was revealed this Saturday, August 2, during the Japanese celebration of
"Underwear Day", and comes along with the confirmation of
the return of the UWAN Pictures studio and the direction again
in charge of Saya Fukase. Shimahara also returns as the original
work manager and general supervisor.
A
special exhibition will accompany the launch
As part of
the celebrations, an exhibition of illustrations will be held
at the Art Gallery Akihabara in Tokyo between August
22 and 31. Official products of the project will also be sold at the event.
Doujin
phenomenon with over 70,000 copies sold
This
provocative anime debuted in 2018 with a 24-minute "first season,"
initially presented at the Comic Market 94 event in August of
that year. It was later released on Blu-ray with a limited print run.
The second
season, also 24 minutes spread over six episodes, arrived in December 2019 and
was available on both Blu-ray and the Niconico Channel platform
since November.
The project
has surpassed 70,000 printed copies, including collections of
illustrations, photographs, and manga. All of the works revolve around women
with expressions of displeasure who show their underwear in different contexts.
A work
that transcends the doujin format
The manga
adaptation titled Iya na Kao Sare Nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai - Yo
wa Pantsu ga Mitai zo debuted in May 2019 through the Tonari
no Young Jump website and Shueisha's YanJan! app. The
manga concluded with two compilation volumes and currently the
original doujin project already has 10 digital volumes published.
