Komi Can’t Communicate is getting an anime adaptation

The popular manga series Komi Can't Communicate is finally getting an anime series adaptation which will release this October.

Serialized starting in May 2016, Komi Can’t Communicate is a popular manga series thanks to its cute premise, and now, the popular manga is getting an anime series adaptation! The Komi Can’t Communicate anime series was announced today with the opening of the series’ official website, and it is animated by studio OLM, Inc.

Check out the new trailer for the anime here:

Alongside the new trailer, the key visual for the anime has been released, featuring the series principal characters:

Plus, the official character art for the main characters have also been releasead:

Shouko Komi

Hitohito Tadano

Najimi Osana

 

Not familiar with the Komi Can’t Communicate? The series follows Shouko Komi, a High School student who gains popularity in her school for her beauty and elegance. But in the inside, Komi actually suffers from extreme social anxiety, a fact that her classmate Hitohito Tadano discovers. Because of this, Tadano resolves to help Komi on a quest to make 100 friends.

The manga is described by Viz Media as:

Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!

The series will premiere in Japan on TV TOKYO starting October 2021.​

Source: Crunchyroll