{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ad4662cee64140df9a3cefb9","clusterId":"c_86fe59dac9434f518eaf256e","slug":"tomo-nagawa-s-would-you-like-to-be-a-tanuki-manga-gets-tv-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Tomo Nagawa's Would You Like to Be a Tanuki? Manga Gets TV Anime","summary":"Tomo Nagawa's manga \"Would You Like to Be a Tanuki?\" is getting a television anime adaptation, as announced by publisher Ichijinsha on Wednesday. The staff unveiled a teaser video and visual alongside the announcement. Jun Kamiya, known for directing \"Kingdom\" season 1, \"Hikaru no Go,\" and \"Let's Make a Mug Too,\" is directing the anime at Nippon Animation. Masaki Wachi, who worked on \"Kingdom\" seasons 1 and 2, is supervising and writing the series scripts. Cocoro Takemoto is designing the characters, and Minako Seki is composing the music. The story follows the mythical tanuki creature Koganemaru, who approaches humans troubled by life and offers them the chance to become a tanuki, helping them rediscover what matters in their own lives. Nagawa launched the manga in Ichijinsha's Comic Pool digital magazine in April 2021. The ninth compiled volume was released in October 2025, and the 10th volume is scheduled for May 25.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation brings a relatively recent manga from 2021 to television, with a staff lineup that includes veterans of the long-running historical series Kingdom.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe teaser video and visual released alongside the announcement show Koganemaru, the tanuki protagonist, in a pastoral setting. Nagawa also drew a commemorative illustration for the news. The manga, whose Japanese title translates roughly to \"Hey You, Want to Become a Tanuki?,\" has been serialized in Comic Pool since April 2021. Ichijinsha has published nine compiled volumes so far, with the 10th volume arriving on May 25. The production committee is listed as \"Omatanu Production Committee.\" The anime's broadcast window has not been announced yet.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nippon Animation is adapting a manga about tanuki inviting humans to try their life. The premise inverts the usual human-to-animal isekai by making the animal the recruiter, not the destination.","twitterPost":"Nippon Animation's new show flips the isekai formula: the tanuki recruits humans, rather than humans reincarnating as animals.","threadsPost":"The tanuki in Nagawa's manga actively seeks out troubled humans and asks them to try tanuki life. That reverses the standard isekai premise where humans accidentally become animals or get transported. Here the animal is the agent, and the human is the guest. Nippon Animation is handling production, with Kingdom director Jun Kamiya at the helm.","newsletterBlurb":"Tomo Nagawa's \"Would You Like to Be a Tanuki?\" manga is being adapted into a TV anime. Jun Kamiya directs at Nippon Animation, with a teaser video and visual now available.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-20/tomo-nagawa-would-you-like-to-be-a-tanuki-manga-gets-tv-anime/.237542\",\"title\":\"Tomo Nagawa's 'Would you like to be a tanuki?' Manga Gets TV Anime\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Trending\",\"url\":\"https://anitrendz.net/news/2026/05/20/would-you-like-to-be-a-tanuki-manga-gets-anime\",\"title\":\"Would You Like To Be A TANUKI? 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