It looks like Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible is the next major manga series officially getting an anime of its own! Nene Yukimori’s original manga series has had some success with fans since it launched in the pages of Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine back in 2019, but it’s yet to catch on with the manga audience at large. It’s surprising too considering that it’s another manga series dealing with a meeker central protagonist who meets a vibrant character who ends up forcing him out of his shell. It’s a pretty notable trend we’ve seen pop up in anime over the last few years.
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It has been officially announced that Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible will be launching a new anime, but there has yet to be any word on its potential release date just yet. The series will star the main duo of Kana Hanazawa as Nagisa Kubo and Kengo Kawanishi as Junta Shiraishi, and feature Rent-A-Girlfriend director Kazuomi Koga directing the new anime for studio PINE JAM. You can check out the official first poster for the series below alongside a special new sketch from Yukimori themself as they celebrate the new anime’s debut:
If you wanted to check out the manga before the anime’s premiere, Viz Media has officially licensed Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible for an English language release. While there is only one volume of the series on shelves at the moment, many of the newest chapters are released through the digital Shonen Jump vault (which you can find here). They officially tease the series as such:
“When Kubo sits next to Shiraishi in their first year of high school, Shiraishi’s nonexistent social skills get a boost. Speaking up in class is only the beginning for Shiraishi—soon Kubo forces him to be noticed at school, at the bookstore, and all around town. Shiraishi’s once-lackluster life isn’t so dull anymore!”
What do you think? Are you excited to see Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible making the jump to anime next? What are you most excited to see in the new adaptation? Will you be checking out the original manga in time for the anime’s release? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!
