{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f3c0db4318d0e4f639875074","clusterId":"c_b3effac11e1ff74955f323c3","slug":"fired-but-i-maintain-all-the-software-light-novels-get-tv-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! Light Novels Get TV Anime","summary":"Publisher Shufu to Seikatsu Sha announced on Wednesday that Yuki Kashirome's light novel series \"Fired? But I Maintain All the Software!\" is getting a television anime adaptation. The announcement included a key visual but did not reveal the studio, staff, cast, or release date. The series originally ran as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō from November 2020 to December 2020, with an epilogue in July 2022. Shufu to Seikatsu Sha published the first print volume in May 2021, and the fourth volume shipped in March 2025. A manga adaptation by Io began serialization on the Comic PASH! website in August 2022 and has four compiled volumes, with a fifth due on June 5. J-Novel Club publishes both the light novel and manga in English. The story follows Ai Sato, a sole engineer maintaining her company's systems who is laid off. She later teams up with an old friend to run a coding school for people facing various personal struggles.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation marks another light novel from the PASH Books imprint making the jump to anime, though the lack of production details leaves the project's timeline and studio attachment uncertain.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement comes from Shufu to Seikatsu Sha's PASH Books imprint, which has previously adapted other light novel series into anime. The key visual released alongside the announcement shows Ai Sato in her work attire, though no additional imagery or promotional materials have been shared. The original web novel ran for a short period from November to December 2020, with an epilogue added in July 2022, making it a relatively compact source material for adaptation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe light novel series features illustrations by Icchi, who also worked on the visual for the announcement. The manga adaptation, illustrated by Io, has been serialized on the Comic PASH! website (now Comic PASH! neo) since August 2022 and has four compiled volumes, with the fifth volume scheduled for release on June 5. J-Novel Club, which publishes both the light novel and manga in English, describes the story as following Ai Sato, a sole engineer who is laid off and later teams up with an old friend, Kenta Suzuki, to run a coding school for people facing personal struggles.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fandom Post notes that no details or timeline were set regarding the adaptation, and the Japanese cast is listed as TBA. The announcement was made via the PASH Comics X (formerly Twitter) account, as reported by Anime Corner.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! is getting a TV anime. The light novel series about a laid-off engineer who starts a coding school has a key visual but no studio or date yet.","twitterPost":"Another light novel adaptation: Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! follows a sole IT engineer who gets fired and opens a coding school. No studio or cast announced yet.","threadsPost":"Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! is getting a TV anime, but the announcement carries no studio, staff, or date. J-Novel Club's existing English publication of the novels means a core readership already exists, which reduces some of the risk for an unproven title.","newsletterBlurb":"The light novel series \"Fired? But I Maintain All the Software!\" is being adapted into a TV anime. The announcement included a key visual but no production details. 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