The wonderfully unhinged Kirio Fan Club anime is bringing in more voice talent, and episode 8 looks like the one fans should keep an eye on.
The anime’s official side has confirmed that Yōko Hikasa, Yui Kanari, and Yū Serizawa are joining the cast. Their characters are set to appear in the eighth episode, which airs on Thursday. For a series already built around awkward crushes, chaotic friendship energy, and extremely questionable romantic logic, adding more personalities into the mix could make things even more ridiculous — in the best way.
For anyone who has not jumped in yet, Kirio Fan Club is based on the manga by Chikyu no Sakana Ponchan. The anime premiered in Japan on April 2 at 24:26 JST, which technically means the early hours of April 3, through the Super Animeism TURBO block on MBS, TBS, and 26 affiliated stations. It also airs on AT-X, while HIDIVE is streaming the series as it goes out.
The premise is, frankly, the kind of thing that makes you pause and go, “Wait, this got an anime?” — then immediately understand why it did. The story follows Aimi and Nami, two girls who are both deeply obsessed with the same boy, Kirio. Their crush is not exactly subtle either: the official English manga description from Kodansha USA highlights how the pair can identify Kirio from a distance because of his absurdly loud farts. Yes, really.
But underneath the joke is the real hook: this is a comedy about friendship, rivalry, delusion, and the strange ways teenage affection turns into full-blown ritual. Aimi and Nami are technically love rivals, but their bond with each other is just as important as their one-sided feelings for Kirio. That is the part that could make this series click with anime fans here in Malaysia and SEA — we love a romance comedy that is messy, loud, and a bit gila, especially when the friendship dynamic carries the show.
The anime is directed by Sō Toyama at SATELIGHT. Toyama has episode direction credits on titles like BanG Dream!, The Apothecary Diaries, and Love Live! Sunshine!!. Aya Satsuki handles both series composition and scripts, while Nami Hayashi is in charge of character designs. On the music side, Skirt and ODD Foot Works perform the opening theme, “FANCLUB,” while singer-songwriter Ako performs the ending theme, “Harmony.”
The wider production team also includes Katsuhisa Takiguchi of Studio Tulip on art settings, Daisuke Suzuki of Studio Tulip as art director, Haruko Nobori as color key artist, and Tsuyoshi Shimura of T2 Studio as compositing director of photography.
Kirio Fan Club has had a pretty active path to screen. The manga launched on Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s Comic Ruelle service in 2022 and ended in August 2024. Its sixth and final compiled volume shipped the following month, and a five-chapter spinoff ran from October 2024 to February 2025. The franchise also received a live-action TV adaptation, which debuted in April 2025, after the creator announced both live-action and anime plans back in September 2024.
It is not just a random oddball title either. The manga ranked #10 for female readers in the 2025 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, which is usually a decent sign that there is more going on than the loudest gag.
So if you are following the spring anime season from Malaysia, episode 8 is a good checkpoint. Three new cast additions, a comedy setup that refuses to behave, and a fandom-friendly premise? This one might be weird, but it is weird with confidence.
Source: Anime News Network