An anime adaptation for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All is in development. News of it first surfaced when the AL.PLAZA Kusatsu branch of Animate posted a picture of the new Animate Set for the third volume of the manga depicted a wraparound jacket advertising the show, and that was followed by an official teaser trailer for the upcoming show.
As of the time of writing, the video for the show accumulated over 12,000 views within eight hours. It mostly features images from the manga, as well as a quick description of what it’s about. There’s no information yet on the anime for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, including the studio. But more information on it should come out as production continues.
That teaser trailer for the anime adaptation appeared on the Kadokawa Kitora YouTube channel. You can watch it here:
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All (or “green yuri” as some fans call it for its unique color) started out as a Twitter comic, which author Sumiko Arai began posting in April 2022. A print version of it came out in 2023, and it also appeared on Pixiv Comic. It follows high school gyaru Aya Oosawa, who develops a crush on a record store employee she visits. However, the employee is actually her classmate and fellow girl, Mitsuki Koga.
The anime for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All is in production. The third volume came out in Japan on February 20, 2025. Yen Press handles the manga outside of Japan and just released the second volume.
Published: Feb 20, 2025 11:00 am