Skilled Teaser Takagi-san

Written by Soichiro Yamamoto, the ongoing series Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san began as a Japanese manga series published in Shogakukan’s manga magazine supplement “Monthly Shonen Sunday Mini” and was later moved into Monthly Shonen Sunday in July 2016. As of February 2018, six volumes have been published. The series has been licensed in English by Yen Press.

An anime adaptation directed by Hiroaki Akagi (Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic) with animation by Shin-Ei Animation began airing in Japan on Jan. 8, 2018. The anime features a script written by Michiko Yokote and characters designed by Aya Takano. It will run for 12 episodes. The opening theme is “Iwanai kedo ne” by Yuiko Ohara and the ending theme is “Kimagure Romantic” by Rie Takahashi. The series is available to stream internationally on Crunchyroll, with Funimation streaming the English dub.

Anime Theme Songs

• Opening: “Iwanai kedo ne” (言わないけどね。) by Yuiko Ohara
• Ending: "Kimagure Romantic" (気まぐれロマンティック) by Rie Takahashi

Anime Broadcast

Broadcasting on Tokyo MX, YTV, and BS 11.

Anime International Streaming

Streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation (dubbed).

• Official Anime Site (Japanese)
• Official Twitter (Japanese)

Nishikata (西片くん) | Japanese CV: Yuki Kaji | English CV: Aaron Dismuke

Nishikata is a boy constantly teased by Takagi, the girl who sits next to him in class. He plans to get back at her, but his attempts aren’t effective...

Takagi (高木さん) | Japanese CV: Rie Takahashi | English CV: Sarah Wiedenheft

Takagi is a girl who sits next to Nishikata in class. She’s always teasing him and having fun.

Sanae (サナエ) | Japanese CV: Yui Ogura | English CV: Kristi Rothrock

Sanae is a cool “tsukkomi” character interested in athletics.

Yukari (ユカリ) | Japanese CV: M.A.O| English CV: Kristen McGuire

Yukari is a serious girl interested in love.

Mina (ミナ) | Japanese CV: Konomi Kohara | English CV: Leah Clark

Mina is a girl who is always smiling and looking lively, but is also a bit of a glutton.

Nakai (中井) | Japanese CV: Yuuma Uchida | English CV: Chris Thurman

Nakai is a male classmate who often talks to Nishikata and seems to be dating Mano.

Mano (真野) | Japanese CV: Kotori Koiwai

Mano is a girl who is good friends with Takagi and seems to be dating Nakai.

Takao (高尾) | Japanese CV: Nobuhiko Okamot

Takao is a four-eyed, buck-toothed classmate of Nishikata’s.

Kimura (木村) | Japanese CV: Fukushi Ochiai

Kimura is a chubby classmate of Nishikata’s who eats his bento before lunch.

Mr. Tanabe (田辺先生) | Japanese CV: Hinata Tadokoro | English CV: Cris George

Mr. Tanabe is a teacher at Nishikata’s school who finds being on campus to be quite scary.

• Director: Hiroaki Akagi (Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic)
• Series Composition: Michiko Yokote (Squid Girl)
• Character Designer: Aya Takano (Himouto! Umaru-chan)
  vChief Animation Directors: Natsuko Kondou (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) and Takuji Mogi (And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?)
• Animation Studio: Shin-Ei Animation (Crayon Shin-chan films)