A “side Aqua” teaser visual for 2026’s OSHI NO KO Season 3 has been released.
OSHI NO KO‘s first season aired during the Spring 2023 anime season, while Season 2 aired during the Summer 2024 anime season. The anime is based on the manga written by Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and drawn by Mengo Yokoyari (Scum’s Wish), which Yen Press describes as:
Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum’s Wish).
The manga began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump in 2020 and ended in November 2024. Aside from the anime, it has also inspired a live-action drama and sequel movie, novels, and a stage play.
Staff (Season 2, reprising role from Season 1 unless stated otherwise)
• Director: Daisuke Hiramaki
• Assistant director: Ciao Nekotomi
• Assistant director: Kuniyasu Nishina (Season 1 Episode 6 storyboard artist and director)
• Series composer: Jin Tanaka
• Character designer and chief animation director: Kanna Hirayama
• Sub-character designer: Shun Sawai (Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie co-main animator) as sub-character designer
• Sub-character designer: Satomi Watanabe (Season 1 co-costume designer)
• Sub-character designer: Honoka Yokoyama (Season 1 co-main animator)
• Action animator: Amoji (Season 1 key animator)
• Main animator: Asami Hayakawa
• Main animator: Kimiaki Mizuno
• Main animator: Ayaka Muroga
• Chief animation director: Satomi Watanabe (Season 1 co-costume designer)
• Chief animation director: Honoka Yokoyama (Season 1 co-main animator)
• Chief animation director: Haruka Inade (Season 1 animation director)
• Chief animation director: Yuta Kevin Kenmotsu (Protocol: Rain sub-character designer)
• Color designer: Kei Ishiguro
• Compositing director: Takafumi Kuwano (Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie)
• Art director: Studio Easter’s Tetsuya Usami
• Music composer: Takuro Iga
• Animation production: Doga Kobo
Cast
• Takeo Otsuka as Aqua
• Yurie Igoma as Ruby
• Megumi Han as Arima Kana
• Manaka Iwami as Akane Kurokawa
• Rumi Okubo as MEMcho
Source: Press release
