A new PV trailer has been released for the upcoming slice of life anime series My Clueless First Friend. The anime is set to premiere one week early on the Japanese streaming service ABEMA on April 2, 2023. Regular television broadcasts will begin on April 9, 2023 and the series will stream on Crunchyroll.  

The 90-second trailer previews the friendship between Akane Nishimura and Taiyou Takada, as well as many of the side characters throughout the show. The trailer also highlights the anime’s opening theme “Alcor to Polaris,” which is performed by voice cast member Reina Kondou. 

The main voice cast is headlined by Konomi Kohara as Akane Nishimura, Shizuka Ishigami as Taiyou Takada, Kengo Kawanishi as Daichi Hino, Reina Kondou as Umi Adachi, and Atsumi Tanezaki as Yukiko Takada. Additional voice cast members include Wakana Maruoka as Kotarou Kitagawa, Kouhei Amasaki as Sumire Kakihara, and Jun Fukuyama as Akane’s father.

Shigenori Kageyama (Dynamic Chord) is directing the anime with Takafumi Hoshikawa (Gekijouban Hakuouki Chapter 1 and 2 assistant director) and Shougo Yasukawa (The Executioner and Her Way of Life series screenwriter) as series screenwriters, Chikashi Kadekaru (Mieruko-chan) as character designer, and Toshio Masuda (Kamisama Kiss) as music composer. St.Signpost is handling the animation production for the anime series. 

My Clueless First Friend was launched in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine on May 22, 2018 after starting out as a Twitter webcomic. Thirteen tankoubon volumes have been released as of November 2022. 

Square Enix Manga & Books releases the manga series in English on its Manga UP! platform and describes the story as: 

Opposites attract when a cheerful airhead meets the resident wallflower of his new class in this heartwarming, slice-of-life school comedy series!

One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates’ relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing “Grim Reaper” Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together—from going to the pool to picking sunflowers to watching fireworks—an unusual friendship blossoms!

Source: My Clueless First Friend Official Anime Twitter