Production company Kodansha announced on Sunday that an anime adaptation of Nene Azuki‘s web manga Mii-chan to Yamada-san (also known as Mii-chan and Miss Yamada) is in the works. Azuki herself drew a commemorative illustration to mark the announcement. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2027.
Azuki began serializing the drama manga on the Magazine pocket website in September 2024. Kodansha shipped the sixth volume on April 23 and will release the seventh and final volume on September 9.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English on January 28 and will publish the first volume on December 8.
Mii-chan to Yamada-san ranked fourth in the Male Readers’ Top 20 of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2026 and was nominated in the General category of the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards.
Synopsis
In the heart of Shinjuku, a variety of host and hostess nightclubs cater to customers seeking a night of indulgence with a gorgeous companion. Yamada is one such companion, balancing university and work while finding herself more drawn to becoming a model hostess than a star pupil. The pay is too tempting to resist, which is why many girls come and go in the industry. But in 2012, she meets someone completely different. Mii-chan is a petite young woman who seems rather useless at most things—barely able to read or write and, unfortunately, clumsy—earning her ridicule from staff and customers alike. However, her bright energy and endless motivation prove hard to ignore, and Yamada finds herself drawn in by Mii-chan’s charm.
A beautiful and tragic story about an unlikely friendship and the unfortunate end that separated them forever. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Announcement
Official X: @miichan__anime
Source: Comic Natalie
Mii-chan to Yamada-san on MAL
