Danica Davidson
July 22, 2025 
In late 2024, it was revealed that the manga My Awkward Senpai (Bukiyō na Senpai. in Japanese) would receive a 2025 anime adaptation. Now a whole lot of goodies dropped at once: a trailer, a visual, news on the cast and crew, and confirmation that the series will start this October. The trailer lets us listen to the opening theme song “Bukiyō na I love you” (translated as “The Awkward I love you”) being performed by angela.
My Awkward Senpai Trailer
Here is the visual:
Here are the just-revealed members of the cast:
- Shōgo Sakata (Aki Hayakawa in Chainsaw Man) plays Yū Kamegawa
- Ami Maeshima (Makeru Yadano in Komi Can’t Communicate) plays Miho Hotta
- Mitsuki Saiga (Mamoru Kodate in Fafner) plays Ritsu Kankaiji
Kenrō Tokuda, Reina Yamauchi, Yumiko Mizuno, Akira Ono are all chief animation directors.
The series is being made at Studio Elle, with Ayumu Kotake of Acro Trip helming the project as director. The person handling the series scripts is Mio Inoue, whose credits include Slow Start and Wonderful Precure! Credit for character design goes to Kenrō Tokuda, who is known for being the chief animation director for Acro Trip.
The original manga by Makoto Kudo is available in America digitally, with your choice of reading it through Comikey or Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global. Manga UP! gave this description for the plot:
My Awkward Senpai Plot
Kannawa-senpai is considered many things, but smooth is definitely not one of them. Then she meets Kamegawa, her new Kouhai. He’s cute, a little nerdy, and easy to talk to. How will this awkward Senpai be able to handle these new feelings?!
The manga actually got its start on the creator’s Twitter page in 2019. Eventually it caught the attention of Square Enix, and before the year was out it began to be published in Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine.
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.
