Teasing Master Takagi-san (Season 3)
Alternate Titles
からかい上手の高木さん3
Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san 3
Skilled Teaser Takagi-san 3
Synopsis
Middle school student Nishikata is always teased by his classmate Takagi who sits next to him. She delights in poking fun at Nishikata incessantly. Though Nishikata tries to get back at her, his attempts always fall short. Can he ever tease the teaser?
Background
Written by Soichiro Yamamoto, the ongoing series Teasing Master 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 September 2021, 16 collected tankobon volumes have been published. The series has been licensed in English by Yen Press. A spin-off manga titled Tomorrow is Saturday written by Soichiro Yamamoto was serialized in Yomiuri Chukosei Shimbun from November 2014 to November 2015 and was released in two volumes. A second spin-off titled Koi ni Koisuru Yukari-chan with artwork by Yuma Suzu was serialized in Monthly Shonen Sunday from July 2017 to April 2020 and published in five volumes under the Gessan Shonen Sunday Comics imprint. A third spin-off titled Teasing Master (Former) Takagi-san with artwork by Mifumi Inaba has been serialized on the MangaONE app since July 2017 and has been released in 13 volumes as of November 2021.
The first season of the TV anime adaptation directed by Hiroaki Akagi (Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic) with animation by Shin-Ei Animation was broadcast from January to March 2018. An OVA (effectively episode 13) was released in July of that year. The second season saw returning staff and cast and was broadcast from July to September 2019 and spanned 12 episodes.
Season 3 of the TV anime adaptation was announced along with a new film in September 2021. It is once again being animated by Shin-Ei Animation (A Couple of Cuckoos, Doraemon, Those Snow White Notes) and features Hiroaki Akagi (Combatants Will Be Dispatched!, Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic, Those Snow White Notes) as director, with Kanichi Kato (Black Clover, The Eminence in Shadow, Tsugumomo), Aki Itami (Flowers of Evil, Fruits Basket, Uzumaki), and Hiroko Fukuda (Assassins Pride, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?, Wasteful Days of High School Girl) handling scripts, Aya Takano (Himoto! Umaru-chan, Polar Bear's Café, Your Lie in April) handling character designs, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor, I Couldn't
Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job, Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls) handling the music. The opening theme song will be sung by Yuiko Ohara. The anime will premiere in Japan in January 2022, and the film will open sometime in 2022 as well.
Characters
Nishikata (Voiced by: Yuki Kaji (Japanese); Billy Kametz (English))
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 ever effective...
Takagi (Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese); Kayli Mills (English))
Takagi is a girl who sits next to Nishikata in class. She’s always teasing him and having fun.
Sanae Tsukimoto (Voiced by: Yui Ogura (Japanese); Sarah Anne Williams (English))
Sanae is a cool “tsukkomi” character interested in athletics.
Yukari Tenkawa (M.A.O (Japanese); Kristen McGuire (English); Erika Harlacher (English))
Yukari is a serious girl interested in love.
Mina Hibino (Voiced by: Konomi Kohara (Japanese); Cassandra Lee Morris (English))
Mina is a girl who is always smiling and looking lively, but is also a bit of a glutton.
Nakai (Voiced by: Yuuma Uchida (Japanese); Zach Aguilar (English))
Nakai is a male classmate who often talks to Nishikata and seems to be dating Mano.
Mano (Voiced by: Kotori Koiwai (Japanese); Christine Marie Cabanos (English))
Mano is a girl who is good friends with Takagi and seems to be dating Nakai.
Takao (Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Kyle McCarley (English))
Takao is a four-eyed, buck-toothed classmate of Nishikata’s.
Kimura (Voiced by: Fukushi Ochiai (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English))
Kimura is a chubby classmate of Nishikata’s who eats his bento before lunch.
Mr. Tanabe (Voiced by: Hinata Tadokoro (Japanese); Patrick Seitz (English))
Mr. Tanabe is a teacher at Nishikata’s school who finds being on campus to be quite scary.
Hojo (Voiced by: Aoi Yuki (Japanese); Abby Trott (English))
One of Takagi’s classmates. She is mature for her age.
Hamaguchi (Voiced by: Kouki Uchiyama (Japanese); Johnny Yong Bosch (English))
One of Nishikata’s classmates. He seems to have a thing for Hojo.
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Staff
- Original Creator: Soichiro Yamamoto
- Director: Hiroaki Akagi
- Scriptwriter: Kanichi Kato, Aki Itami, Hiroko Fukuda
- Character Designer: Aya Takano
- Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
- Animation Production: Shin-Ei Animation