Through his official Twitter account, Kohei Horikoshi, author of the franchise of Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia), shared a special illustration for the franchise of Komi-san wa, Komyushou Desu (Komi Can’t Communicate). The author, who often pays tribute to other projects through illustrations, simply wrote: «This is a Komi-san fan-art. I am watching anime».
The series has been broadcast on Japanese television since last October 6 and its number of episodes has not yet been confirmed. The platform Netflix will premiere the episodes two weeks after their broadcast in Japan, with the title Komi-san Can’t Communicate. On the other hand, Oda began the publication of the manga in May 2016 through the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday from the publisher Shogakukan. The work already has more than 5.8 million copies in circulation.
Production team
- Ayumu Watanabe is in charge of the supervision of the management, while Kazuki Kawagoe (Beyblade Burst God, Beyblade Burst GT) is in charge of the direction of the anime in the studios OLM (Pokemon, Kenpuu Denki Berserk, Utawarerumono).
- Deko Akao (3D Kanojo: Real Girl, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime, Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou, Nazo no Kanojo X) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Atsuko Nakajima (Bungou to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma, Princess Princess, Sakamoto Desu ga?) is in charge of character design.
Sinopsis de Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu
It is Shouko Komi’s first day at the prestigious Itan Private Institute, and she has already become the Madonna of the school. With her long black hair and tall, elegant appearance, she grabs the attention of anyone who comes across her. However, there is a problem: despite her popularity, Shouko is terrible at communicating with others. Hitohito Tadano is your typical high school boy. With his life motto of “reading the situation and making sure to stay out of trouble,” he quickly discovers that sitting next to Shouko has made him the enemy of everyone in his class.
One day, passed out by accident, Hitohito wakes up to the sound of Shouko’s “meow”. He lies saying that he hasn’t heard anything, which makes Shouko run away. But before she can escape, Hitohito assumes that Shouko is not able to talk to others easily; in fact, he has never been able to make a single friend. Hitohito decides to help Shouko in his goal of making a hundred friends so that he can overcome his communication disorder.
Source: Official Twitter Account
(c) Tomohito Oda Shogakukan / Private Itan High School