Doka-Gui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san Gets a TV Anime

Young Animal No. 16 also launches Naoki Shigeno's Oda Ujiharu four-panel manga, with Umi Shinonome and Karina Nijisaki in the issue's gravure pages.

Pushiro Editorial Published 20 September 2026, 21:22 JST Updated 29 September 2026, 22:51 JST

Doka-Gui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san is getting a television anime. The adaptation was announced with the August 12, 2026 release of Young Animal No. 16.

Publisher-supplied artwork from the linked magazine coverage.

The announcement comes with two free web projects. A new celebratory short manga explains the story behind its commemorative illustration, while one collected volume of episodes is available online for a limited time. The selection includes the first chapter and Episode 4, which produced the phrase “It’s the fact that it is there that is bad!”

A collaboration cafe is due to open in Osaka on August 26, with reservations beginning August 5. Volume 4 of the manga follows on September 29 and includes the New Year’s weight-gain episode and the Hakata trip arc.

Naoki Shigeno starts a new historical series

Naoki Shigeno, the creator of Nobunaga’s Ninja, begins The Weakest Oda: The Story of Oda Ujiharu in the issue’s opening color pages. The historical four-panel manga turns from Oda Nobunaga to Oda Ujiharu, a warrior described by the magazine as the weakest of the Warring States period.

The issue also includes a new chapter of Chica Umino’s March Comes in Like a Lion.

Umi Shinonome leads the gravure lineup

Umi Shinonome appears on the cover and in the opening gravure feature, photographed by Akihito Saijo. A double-sided clear file featuring Shinonome is included as a supplement.

Karina Nijisaki closes the issue with a gravure feature photographed by Gota Suzuki.

More from the issue

Kenka Zakari, written by Genki Katsuragi and drawn by Kei Urushishiro, appears in color as Rei and Lucia realize that they are both women and enter a temporary truce.

Saizo’s fairy-tale food fantasy Märchen Restaurant: The Three Little Pigs returns as a one-shot.

A new chapter of Prisoner Hero: The Sword Slave Who Was Thrown Away as a Pawn Rises in an Enemy Country, written by Riku Misora and drawn by Shinjiro, asks Dino to assess Kia’s power in his role as captain. Volume 3 goes on sale August 28.