The TV anime “High School! Kiwengumi” will be produced and broadcast in Fuji Television’s Noitamina slot (every Friday from 23:30) from January 2026. This will be the first new anime in 39 years since the last episode of the previous series (1985-87) was broadcast. The staff and cast information has also been released, including Tomokazu Seki as Ichido Zero, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Go Reketsu, Sadayoshi Matsuoka as Kiyoshi Deze, Chiaki Kobayashi as Hitoshi Oama, Kikunosuke Toya as Dai Monoboshi, Haruka Shiraishi as Yui Kawagawa, a classmate and heroine, and Ikumi Hasegawa as Chie Udome. Movie] Strong characters appear one after another! The new “High School Kiwengumi” movie “High School! Ki-fen-gumi” is a new video clip of “High School! Ki-men-gumi” is a school comedy in which the main character, Zero Ichido, and his five-member group of unique characters, “Ki-men-gumi,” are active under the motto, “Instead of being a cog in the world, we should be a seasoning that adds flavor to the world. The serialization was changed to “High School Kiwengumi” from 1982 to 1987 as the characters entered high school! Ki-men-gumi” from 1982 to 1987 as the characters entered high school. Motoei Shinzawa, the original author of the manga, commented on the new anime, “I am looking forward to seeing how the new “Kiwengumi,” with its new period setting and voice actors and new visuals, will be seen by young people who are completely unfamiliar with the original work and previous anime. Of course, I am also looking forward to seeing the reaction of fans of the original work and the previous anime. I am looking forward to it myself,” he commented joyfully. The new anime will be produced by the animation studio Seven. Directed by Kazuaki Seki, who has worked on the films “Kakukakashika” and “Beethoven Fabrication” as well as music videos for various artists such as Perfume, Hoshino Gen, Kaze Fujii, and Vaundy, this will be his first attempt at directing an animation. The music used in the released image music video is “Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi,” which was the theme song of the former animation, covered by Yui Kawagawa (CV: Shiraishi) and Chie Udome (CV: Hasegawa), and the music is arranged in a modern style. The teaser visual depicts the five members of the Odd Faced Gumi on the screen of a smartphone, and one of them is peering at us in a SNS-like screen. In addition, a stamp imitating the “Odd Faced Gumi” can be seen in the lower right corner, and Yui and Chie’s comments can be seen in the lower left corner.
