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The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Premieres

Starts 01/01/2027

Nakano, Tokyo, Japan

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The Anime Expo 2026 cast reveal and Wikipedia^[3] give only January 2027 as the premiere month, so the pin sits on the first of the month as an estimate.

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The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Premieres

CloverWorks adapts Sumiko Arai's music-loving girls' love manga Kinioto, in which a trendy high schooler falls for a record-shop clerk without realising the 'guy' is her quiet classmate, with Nirvana's "Breed" as the opening theme.

CloverWorks' TV anime of Sumiko Arai's manga is scheduled for January 2027 (Winter 2027), revealed with cast, staff and teaser PV at the Anime Expo 2026 Crunchyroll panel; Crunchyroll will stream it^[1][2][3]
Directed by Masashi Ishihama, series composition Rino Yamazaki, character design Kanna Hirayama; Mariya Ise voices Mitsuki Koga and Akari Kitou voices Aya Oosawa^[1][2][3]
Opening theme is "Breed" by Nirvana^[1][2][3]
The anime was announced February 20, 2025 with volume 3; Aya crushes on a masked record-shop clerk who is really her classmate Mitsuki, and rock music turns their friendship into romance^[1][3]
The manga (from April 2022; Kadokawa print from April 2023; Yen Press in English) has 2.25 million copies in circulation by August 2026^[3]

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The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Premieres
myanimelist.net· Posted Sep 19, 2026· Starts Jan 1, 2027 ✓· 33% of score
The Anime Expo 2026 cast reveal and Wikipedia^[3] give only January 2027 as the premiere month, so the pin sits on the first of the month as an estimate.
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'Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta' Reveals Main Cast, Staff, Opening Theme, Teaser Promo for Winter 2027
myanimelist.net· Added Sep 19, 2026· 33% of score
MyAnimeList^[1] report of the Anime Expo 2026 panel giving a January 2027 premiere month without a day.
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The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All - Wikipedia
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Wikipedia says the CloverWorks series is set to premiere in January 2027, with no day given.

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