The official website for the television anime adaptation of Tsutomu’s Ojisan wa Kawaii Mono ga Osuki. (Middle-Aged Man Loves Cute Things) manga revealed the main cast, staff, and a first promotional video on Thursday. The anime series is scheduled to premiere in October 2026.
Cast
Mitsutaka Oji: Kazuyuki Okitsu (The Fable)
Pugtaro: Miyu Tomita (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai? Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
Bosskichi: Fuuka Izumi (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete)
Anne: Yurie Funato (Hoshikuzu Telepath)
Carrie: Asami Tano (Zombieland Saga)
Greapy: Hinata Satou (Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight)
Staff
Director: Tomoe Makino (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai)
Series Composition, Script: Yuu Satou (Haite Kudasai, Takamine-san)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Tomomi Kimura (Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi)
Art Director: Takamasa Nakakuki (Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu)
Color Design: Akira Hashigami (Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru.)
Director of Photography: Tomoya Hosaka (Hakata Mentai! Pirikarako-chan)
Editing: Satomi Yamada (EDITZ) (Saigo ni Hitotsu dake Onegai shitemo Yoroshii deshou ka)
Sound Director: Fumihiko Ootera (Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!?)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Music: Alisa Okehazama (Himekishi wa Barbaroi no Yome)
Music Production: Yomiuri TV Enterprise
Music Production Cooperation: Futokorogatana
Studio: LIDENFILMS
Pugtaro & Friends will perform the insert song “Pagutto icchatte~” which is previewed in the first promotional video below.
Tsutomu began drawing the comedy slice of life manga on the Comic Polaris website in July 2017. Flex Comics published the 11th volume on February 14, with the 12th volume planned for an August 7 release.
A live-action drama adaptation aired on Yomiuri TV in five episodes from August to September in 2020. Coinciding with the release of the fourth volume, BookLive released a manga video starring voice actors Kenjirou Tsuda and Takuya Satou as Mitsutaka Oji and Wataru Naruto, respectively.
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Source: Comic Natalie
