TV Anime "Ichijoma Mankitsu Gurashi!" Episode 5 Synopsis & Pre-release Cuts Revealed!

Bushiroad Move Inc. (Headquarters: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yusuke Onuki), a group company of Bushiroad Inc. (Headquarters: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Takaaki Kidani), is pleased to announce the release of new information, including the synopsis and pre-release cuts for Episode 5 of the TV anime "Ichijoma Mankitsu Gurashi!" (Author: Hisamakumako), which is serialized in Houbunsha's "Manga Time Kirara."

TV Anime "Ichijoma Mankitsu Gurashi!"

Episode 5 Synopsis & Pre-release Cuts Revealed!

Episode 5: "Meiko, Homecoming"

[Script] Tatsuya Takahashi

[Storyboard] Hironori Watabe

[Direction] Masao Arai

[Chief Animation Directors] Fumiya Uehara, Minefumi Harada, Yuki Yabuta

<Synopsis>

Meiko, relaxing after her recent trip to Guam, finds herself facing a make-up exam due to failing her term finals. Together with her make-up exam companions Marika and Neo, she studies intensely under the guidance of the surprisingly good student Rie, even involving Michika. As summer vacation arrives, Marika and Neo return home. Meiko, having managed to get through the remedial classes, tries to return to her family home where her younger siblings, including Mizuori, are waiting, but she can't help but worry about Rie, who remains alone at the shop.

*Broadcast dates and times may change.

Please check the official websites of each broadcasting station.

Basic Work Information

Synopsis

High school student Meiko Morita, living in Akita, is one day selected as a special transfer student to the prestigious "Amamiya Girls' Academy" in Tokyo!

Meiko moves to Tokyo with a mix of anticipation and anxiety for her student life in the city she's always dreamed of.

What awaited Meiko there was none other than the manga cafe "Hedgehog"!

She finds herself working as a volunteer with unique dormitory residents at the manga cafe, which also serves as a student dormitory!?

Thus begins Meiko's slightly mysterious "Ichijoma Mankitsu Gurashi!" (Room-sized Full Enjoyment Life!)

Broadcast Information

<Broadcast Information>

Airing from April 2026

◆ABC TV / TV Asahi Network (within the "ANiMAZiNG!!!" block)

┗ Every Saturday from April 11, 2026, 26:00 ~

◆BS NTV

┗ Every Monday from April 13, 2026, 23:00 ~

◆AT-X

┗ Every Tuesday from April 14, 2026, 23:00 ~

[AT-X Repeat Broadcasts]

┗ Every Thursday from April 16, 2026, 11:00~

┗ Every Monday from April 20, 2026, 17:00~

CAST

Meiko Morita cv. Hana Hishikawa

Rie Amamiya cv. Saho Shirasu

Marika Suzuki cv. Chiharu

Neo Nakano cv. Kyori Nemoto

Michika Narumi cv. Momoka Terazawa

Mahorin Goda cv. Kaori Maeda

Gao cv. Chiwa Saito

Bernal cv. Ai Kinohana

Mizuori Morita cv. Natsumi Murakami

STAFF

Original Work: Hisamakumako (Houbunsha "Manga Time Kirara")

Director: Hironori Watabe

Character Design: Fumiya Uehara

Chief Animation Directors: Fumiya Uehara, Minefumi Harada, Yuki Yabuta, Saori Sakiguchi

Costume Design: Fumiya Uehara, Michiko Otani

Art Setting: Shino Tanaka

Art Directors: Harumi Nakazato, Maika Hosoda

Color Design: Hiroko Umezaki

2D Works: Yumeta Company

Photography Director: Yasufumi Kimura

Editing: Keisuke Yanagi

Sound Director: Yayoi Tateishi

Music: MONACA

Animation Production: P.R.A

Theme Song Information

<Opening Theme Song> "Ciao Ciao" Sophià la Mode

<Ending Theme Song> "Yawayawa NERD Super FreQuency" Mugendai Myu-type

Official Website / Official SNS

Official Website: https://ichijyoma-anime.com

Official X: @ichijyoma_anime (https://x.com/ichijyoma_anime)

VTuber Activities Underway!

Marika Belltree YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@marikabelltree

Recommended Hashtag

"#まんきつ暮らし" (#mankitsugurashi)

Original Work Information

Original Comics Volumes 1-4 Now On Sale!

Original Work Official Website: https://www.dokidokivisual.com/comics/5023/

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