Earlier this year, the first main visual and trailer of the anime adaptation of Akamaru Enomoto's I Have a Crush at Work manga series were released. Today, the official website and accounts of the upcoming anime have released its second trailer that previews the newly-revealed opening theme song Ayo ne performed by Polkadot Stingray and the ending theme song Futari Jime by pachae. Watch the second trailer for I Have a Crush at Work anime below:
The trailer reveals its premiere date January 6, 2025 as well as additional cast and staff details. The latest Japanese voice cast members to join are Sora Tokui as Yukiko Sakura, Misaki Watada as Chiharu Uto, Kentaro Tone as Itsuro Mita, Shinichiro Miki as Hiromi Kiribayashi, and Kensho Ono as Seiya Suzuki.
The main Japanese cast of I Have a Crush at Work are listed below:
Seiichiro Yamashita as Masugu Tateishi
Yume Miyamoto as Yui Mitsuya
Reio Tsuchida as Keisuke Somei
Shizuka Ito as Shizuno Hayakawa
Yo Taichi as Maria Morizono
As for the newly-announced staff members: Madoka Ozawa is in charge of the prop design, Maho Takahashi on art setting, Akio Hayashi on 3D direction, and Norifumi Nakamura and Hosoi on art direction. Studio BLADE is producing the animation, with Naoko Takeichi (Cooking with Valkyries) as the director. Masahiro Yokotani is in charge of the series composition while Mina Osawa worked on the character designs.
Here's the first visual for I Have a Crush at Work anime:
What is "I Have a Crush at Work" about?
I Have a Crush at Work anime is based on the romantic comedy manga series (Japanese: Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu) written and illustrated by Akamaru Enomoto. The series was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning from March 2019 to January 2023, with its chapters collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes.
Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English, and shared a description for it:
Yui Mitsuya and Masugu Tateishi aren’t just any coworkers—they totally have the hots for each other. His helpful yet humble attitude makes her giddy, and her cuteness leaves him grinning like a fool. Problem is, they’re trying to keep their new relationship under wraps to avoid making things awkward at work. But seeing how they can’t keep their hands off each other, they run the risk of spilling their little secret with each passing day at the office.
As of this article's pubication, the series has reached over 1.1 million copies in circulation in print and digitally. For more information about I Have a Crush at Work, check out the official website of the anime.
