Friendship (and maybe more!) will bloom this spring! The anime adaptation of I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class locked in an April 2026 release window in today's new announcements — as well as sharing an official trailer and key visual. Check out both below, showcasing the growing relationship between Maehara and popular classmate Asanagi: I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Trailer I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Key Visual RELATED: I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Anime Reveals Main Cast and Staff, 2026 Release As heard in the trailer, the opening theme song for the series will be "Submarine Youth," performed by rock band reGretGirl. Hideki Tachibana ( The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio ) directs the I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class anime at studio CONNECT, with series composition by Keiichiro Ochi ( Girlfriend, Girlfriend ) and character designs by Shoko Takimoto ( Slow Loop ). Takumi Shibata ( Jingai-san no Yome director) serves as assistant director. Ruka Kawada, Yayoi Sekimukai and Shuhei Mutsuki will compose the music. The series is based on the light novels of the same name by Takata. Yen Press publishes an official English version of Rin Ono's manga adaptation and describes the story: Maki Maehara is always on his own at school. He has no friends or hobbies others share, and he doesn't expect the upcoming academic year to be any different, even surrounded by new faces. And six months later, it seems like he was right—until he runs into his popular classmate Umi Asanagi at a video store! Always at the center of attention and called the “second prettiest in class” by the boys, Asanagi’s from a totally different world. But it turns out the two have more overlapping interests than just the B-grade movies they came to check out…and Asanagi asks Maehara to be her friend! Source: Comic Natalie
