Danica Davidson
June 8, 2025 
The horror manga Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary (a.k.a. Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai in Japanese) is getting an anime adaptation, and its first trailer has dropped. We also have some information on the cast and crew.
Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary Trailer
Two members of the cast were revealed:
- Azusa Tachibana (Yu Yutani in Bad Girl) plays main character Kaya-chan
- Maaya Uchida (Yūki Yoshino in Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma) plays kindergarten teacher Chie-sensei
The series is being made at East Fish Studio, with Hiroshi Ikehata of 365 Days to the Wedding helming the project as director. The person handling the series scripts is Shigeru Murakoshi, whose credits include Zombie Land Saga and Ninja Kamui.
The music is being composed by Kohta Yamamoto, known for Attack on Titan Final Season and Shun Narita of The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses. Sound direction is being taken care of by Yukio Nagasaki of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Dragon Ball Z Kai. Credit for character design goes to Tarō Yamada and Hiroyuki Moriguchi.
You can check out Otaku USA’s recent review of the first manga volume here.
Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the manga in English and gave this description for the first volume:
Kaya-Chan Isn’t Scary Plot
Are you braver than a kindergartner? Find out with this horror manga that takes place in the most unlikely of places–and don’t miss the upcoming anime!
Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret–till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan’s hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she’s only trying to help?
The second volume of the manga is scheduled to come out in English on July 15, followed by the third on October 28, and the fourth on January 6, 2026.
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.
