A crowdfunding project for a new Please, Teacher! (Onegai☆Teacher) anime is underway. The anime will feature two stories, one for Mizuho and Kei and the other for Koishi and Ichigo.
The plan is to start production in December and complete around April or May 2026, with the anime to be released as a Blu-ray.
Yuhiko Nakao (Berserk of Gluttony and Re:Monster co-producer, episode director on Pluto and Ojamajo Doremi) is directing the new Please, Teacher project at Studio M2. Other credits include:
• Original character designer: Taraku Uon (reprising)
• Background art: Kusanagi
• Blu-ray production: Bandai Namco Filmworks
• Produce: Genco
The project hopes to crowdfund 25 million yen (~US$160 thousand), with around 1.8 million yen raised at the time of writing. The crowdfunding campaign will run until March 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM JST.
The highest contribution tier is 110 thousand yen (~US$703), which comes with:
• New Please, Teacher Blu-ray (containing the main content and the Marie pre-movie from 2024’s Kizakiko Dosokai event) with special sleeve case A
• New Please, Teacher Blu-ray (containing the main content and the Marie pre-movie from 2024’s Kizakiko Dosokai event) with special sleeve case B
• New Please, Teacher Blu-ray (containing the main content and the Marie pre-movie from 2024’s Kizakiko Dosokai event) with special sleeve case C
• Participation commemoration post card
• Participation commemoration sticker
• Anthology comic by Miai Kuroi, with Ichigo as the focus
• Four-piece A4 acrylic file set with new illustration
• Case sleeve illustration acrylic board — illustration A
• Case sleeve illustration acrylic board — illustration B
• Case sleeve illustration acrylic board — illustration C
• Ichigo Morino BIG Acrylic stand (illustrated by Uon)
Please, Teacher is a romantic comedy series that originally aired in 2002 with 13 episodes and was followed by Please, Twins in 2003. Crunchyroll’s synopsis reads:
Kei Kusanagi isn’t your typical 15-year-old high school student. He’s actually an 18-year-old with a rare disorder that puts him into what he calls, a “standstill”! When he was younger, this disorder left him in a deep coma which stunted his growth for three years. Mizuho Kazami isn’t your typical teacher, either. She’s actually an alien sent by the Galaxy Federation to observe the Earth! As the sole human being with knowledge of Ms. Kazumi’s secret, Kei must… marry her?! Homework, dating, and a gorgeous wife – going to school has never been quite this fun!
The original series was directed by Yasunori Ide at Daume.
Source: @official_genco
