KADOKAWA announced today that the upcoming anime adaptation of Eri Ejima's comedy manga Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games will be pushed back to 2026. The series also revealed new character visuals for its Street Fighter 6 collaboration, which will be front and center at this week's Tokyo Game Show booth for the anime. Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games was originally set to premiere in 2025, but due to "coordinating schedules with all relevant parties, [the production committee] has decided to change the broadcast start date." The production committee thanked fans for their support and will reveal the new broadcast date when it's finalized. Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games x Street Fighter 6 Visuals RELATED: Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games Anime Reveals Teaser Trailer, New Voice Cast Members, Main Staff Shota Ihata ( The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent ) directs Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games at Diomedéa with Wataru Watari ( My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU novel author) writing the series composition, Mayuko Matsumoto ( Parallel World Pharmacy ) drawing the character designs and Kana Hashiguchi ( Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World ) composing the music. Footage of Street Fighter 6 will be used as the main game for the series. Eri Ejima's original manga, which was previously adapted into a live-action web drama in May 2023, has been serialized in Monthly Comic Flapper since January 2020, with nine volumes released in Japan to date. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes an official English version and describes the story as such: Kuromi Girls’ Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls’ institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol Shirayui. But Shirayui hides a terrible secret: she’s a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls? Source: Press Release
