Ganglion Manga Gets Anime daptation, premiering on October 3rd

Hisaya Shiraiwa and Takashi Itsuki’s Ganglion manga is receiving a television anime adaptation, premiering on October 3rd on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, AT-X, and BS Yoshimoto. The series is directed by Ayumu Watanabe (Children of the Sea) at studio maf, with scripts by Harise and character designs by Shigeru Fujita. The cast includes Yōji Ueda as Kenji Isobe, Fumihiko Tachiki as Colonel Shadow (Jin Kageyama), Tomokazu Sugita as Hopeman, Aoi Koga as Setsuko Isobe, Yoshino Aoyama, Hikaru Tōno, and Itsuji Itao. Originally published as a one-volume manga in 2009, the story is a workplace parody set in early-2000s Tokyo. It follows Isobe, a hapless fighter for “Ganglion Co., Ltd,” whose schemes for world domination constantly fail against the hero Hopeman.

Anime News Network, Crystalyn Hodgkins – Takashi Itsuki, Hisaya Shiraiwa’s Ganglion Manga Gets TV Anime Debuting on October 3 – 29th August 2025