Shinnosuke Tokudome and Shuichiro Umeda have been selected as the main cast of the TV anime "Ore to Yuu-ni!" based on the original work by Yuki Nakayama. Staff and teaser visuals have been released.
"Shota Oni" was announced to be made into a TV anime under the title "Me and Yuu-ni!". The film depicts the casually blissful daily lives of Tsubaki Sawashiro, a fifth-year elementary school student who tries her best to impress her childhood friend, high school student Yu Shimizu, and Yu, who can't help but find Tsubaki so cute. Tokudome will play the role of Tsubaki Sawashiro, and Umeda will play the role of Yu Shimizu. The teaser visual features Tsubaki and Yu admiring the cherry blossoms in full bloom.
The director is Mariko Hashinomoto, and the series composition is by Yuniko Ayana. Comments have arrived from director Hashimoto, Ayana, and main cast members Tokudome and Umeda.
In addition, a stage event will be held at the DMM booth at "AnimeJapan 2026" held on March 28th with Tokudome and Umeda on stage. Details such as viewing methods will be announced at a later date. In addition, a limited number of preview books of "Shota Oni" will be distributed at the DMM booth, Square Enix booth, and Pony Canyon booth. At the DMM booth, original goods using the teaser visual will be sold. The same goods will also go on sale at Toei Online Store at 12:00 on March 28th.
