©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会The official Twitter/X account for the upcoming Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota TV anime series has announced that the show will debut in Japan, starting in October 2025.
／#柏田さんと太田君 放送時期決定✨
2025年10月より放送開始！
＼柏田さんと太田君と、クラスメイトたちのほのぼのラブコメ。
ぜひお見逃しなく🌸▼公式HPhttps://t.co/SjhIUJfATW pic.twitter.com/cOjUWLY39Z— TVアニメ「顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君」 (@kashiwada_ohta) June 20, 2025
The official website also shared multiple preview stills for the show’s premiere episode. The series will have its world debut at Anime Expo 2025 on July 3, 2025, as part of NBCUniversal Japan’s screening and industry panel.
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©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会
©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会
©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会 
©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会 
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©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会 Tomohiro Kamitani (Mix: Meisei Story Season 2) is at the helm of the anime series, with Michiko Yokote (Call of the Night) serving as the series screenwriter and Naoto Nakamura (DATE A LIVE IV and V) as character designer and chief animation director. STUDIO POLON is responsible for the animation production.
Meanwhile, the voice cast for the anime includes:
- • Akane Fujita as Kashiwada-san
- • Kyohei Natsume as Oota-kun
- • Yuya Hirose as Tadokoro-kun
- • Sohei Horikane as Sata-kun
- • Yumiri Hanamori as Tabuchi-san
- • Mayu Mineda as Odajima-san
Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota is adapted from the romantic comedy manga by Fuyu Azuma, which ran in KADOKAWA’s Dragon Comics Edge from June 22, 2018, to June 9, 2023. A total of ten tankobon volumes were published. BookWalker Global and MangaPlaza have made the manga available in English digitally.
A new spinoff manga by Azuma was released on October 13, 2023, and has released two tankobon volumes as of April 2025.
©東ふゆ/KADOKAWA/顔に出ない柏田さんと顔に出る太田君製作委員会Bookwalker Global outlines the main synopsis of Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota as:
Kashiwada is a girl who never displays emotions on her face. Oota constantly attempts to surprise her…but always falls short.
Kashiwada and Oota are classmates at a junior high school. Oota is continually plotting pranks to astonish Kashiwada, yet he fails every time. Kashiwada enjoys watching Oota, as he prominently expresses his feelings. They may seem like fundamentally different individuals, yet they share a deep care for one another.
“Look, Oota is up to something…” Other classmates savor witnessing the unique bond between them.
A heartwarming romantic comedy set in a typical junior high school in Japan.
Sources: Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Anime News Network
