Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota Anime Announced
Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota manga is getting an anime adaptation by Studio Polon. Kyohei Natsume and Akane Fujita are leading the cast as Oota and Kashiwada respectively.
Sohei Horikane and Yuya Hirose are also joining the cast as Sata and Tadakoro. The staff for the anime includes:
- Director: Tomohiro Kamitani
- Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Naoto Nakamura
- Art Director: Scott MacDonald (STUDIO TULIP)
- Photography Director: Yomogiko Murano (Raretrick)
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto, Tetsuya Shitara

The anime will adapt Fuyu Azuma's Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota manga, serialized from 2018 to 2022 on Niconico's Dra Dra Sharp # online service, which carries original web-only manga titles.
The series is available in English on the BookWalker Global website. The service describes the plot as:
Kashiwada and Oota are classmates at a junior high school.
Oota is always thinking of pranks to surprise Kashiwada, but he always fails. Kashiwada likes to look at Oota, for he shows his emotions on his face too much. They look like opposite type of people, but they both care about each other.
"Look, Oota is up to something..." Other classmates love to see the unique relationship between them.
A heart-warming love comedy which takes place in an ordinary junior high school in Japan.
Source: Official Website
©Azuma Fuyu/KADOKAWA/Kashiwada-san and Ota-kun Production Committee