Production company Bandai Namco Filmworks opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Jun Wakatsuki‘s manga Watashi wo Center ni Suru to Chikaimasu ka? (Promise Me the Spotlight) on Wednesday, revealing a teaser visual.
Wakatsuki began drawing the idol romance manga in Shounen Magazine Edge in November 2022. Following the magazine’s discontinuation in 2023, it was transferred to the Magazine pocket app in February 2024. Kodansha published the fifth volume in September 2025, with the sixth volume scheduled to be released on July 9. The series has a cumulative 200,000 copies of its volumes in print.
The series is published in English through the K Manga platform.
Synopsis
“If you can really make me the Center…then we can get married.” Meet Mizuki Natsuno, the least popular member of the nationally acclaimed idol group, Melty Strawberry. She has an eternal fan in Koichi Okuta, who is always pouring heart and soul into supporting her. Normally, a fan would never get to interact with their idol beyond the stage. But one thing led to another, and Koichi now finds himself living together with Mizuki in his own house. He vows to make her the new Center of Melty Strawberry, sparking an unconventional tag-team between a devoted fan and his idol. Together, they attempt to elevate Mizuki’s career from obscurity to stardom! (Source: K Manga)
Official site: https://www.watacen-anime.com/
Official X: @watacen_anime
Source: animate Times
