Danica Davidson
August 30, 2024 
The anime You are Ms. servant (a.k.a. Kimi wa Meido-sama in the original Japanese) dropped a trailer that not only teases us with new footage, but also lets us know that the series will begin on October 5. Crunchyroll has already been confirmed as the streaming service that will offer it to American audiences. In Japan it will air on TV Asahi, BS Asahi and AT-X.
You are Ms. servant is being made at Felix Film, with Ayumu Watanabe of Children of the Sea helming the project as director. The person handling series scripts is Deko Akao, known for working on Higehiro and Komi Can’t Communicate. Credit for character design goes to Tomoyasu Kurashima of Infinite Stratos. The music was composed by Masahiro Tokuda, whose credits include Ishura and Platinum End.
Looking to the announced cast, Toshiki Kumagai plays Hitoyoshi Yokoya, Reina Ueda plays Yuki / Xue, Eriko Matsui plays Agemochitaro, Hikaru Iida plays Riko Yokoya, Lynn plays Grace, and Konomi Inagaki plays Naka Hikage.
The original You are Ms. servant manga by Shotan is published in America by Shogakukan Asia, which gave this description for its plot:
You are Ms. servant Summary
This is the story of a maid who is all alone in the world, but who finally finds a family.
Told from young that her only worth is as a killer, Yuki had known nothing else except cold efficiency and following orders. Now that she has a chance to leave her past behind, she arrives at the doorstep of Hitoyoshi Yokoya, asking to be employed… as a maid?! Thus begins the journey of a former assassin learning what it means to be ‘normal’!
The You are Ms. servant manga started in 2020 and was initially published on Sunday Webry.
Are you going to check out the anime when it debuts?
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
