Promise Me the Spotlight Manga Gets TV Anime
Published July 8, 2026 · Daryl Harding

A teaser visual for the romantic comedy was released
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Jyun Wakatsuki’s romantic comedy manga Promise Me the Spotlight will soon be taking center stage as a TV anime! The official accounts for the manga series revolving around getting the least popular member of an idol group to become the center will be adapted into a TV anime. A teaser visual featuring Mizuki and Koichi was released, along with a special illustration from Wakatsuki to commemorate the announcement. Promise Me the Spotlight Anime Teaser Visual No word yet on which studio will be animating the series or when it’ll be released. The original Promise Me the Spotlight is published on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket online platform, with six collected volumes released in Japan to date. 200,000 copies of the manga have been printed and sold (digitally). Kodansha also publishes the manga in English on its KManga platform, describing the series as such: "If you can really make me the Center...then we can get married." Meet Mizuki Natsuno, the least popular member of the nationally acclaimed idol group, Melty Strawberry. She has an eternal fan in Koichi Okuta, who is always pouring heart and soul into supporting her.Normally, a fan would never get to interact with their idol beyond the stage. But one thing led to another, and Koichi now finds himself living together with Mizuki in his own house.
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