The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen and Strikeout Pitch and more make it to the top.
AnimeJapan has finally announced their 2026 “Manga We Want to See Animated” list. The voting period was open from 24 December, 2025 to 30 January, 2026. More than 222,000 people cast their votes for 48 nominees to choose their favourite. And the top 10 manga titles which fans want to see animated have been revealed ahead of the AnimeJapan 2026 event which will take place on 28 and 29 March.
Top 10 Manga We Want to See Animated poll winners
Here are the names of the manga series that the readers want to see being turned into an anime.
1. The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen
Story and Art: mmk
Publisher: Shogakukan
The manga began publishing in June 2024 in Shogakukan’s Sunday Webry web manga service.
Synopsis by Viz Media:
It all starts with a steamy exchange of sexually charged looks. Average teen boy Ikezawa can’t help noticing Eguchi’s tight top, and when he comments on it, she quips right back that his plunging neckline accentuates his toned chest! From then on, Eguchi tells Ikezawa every single hot thing she notices about him. Ikezawa can’t help feeling flustered by her attention and even starts showing off for her. With chaotic flirtation in full force, what are these two smitten seatmates going to do but play even more to each other’s gazes?
2. Strikeout Pitch
Story and Art: Kyu Sumiyoshi
Publisher: Shueisha
This sports manga series debuted on Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ web service in September 2024. As of November 2025, it has four compiled volumes in circulation.
Synopsis:
The Souha Public High School Baseball Team is one step away from the pinnacle that is the Summer Koushien. They only need a star pitcher to have a chance. Could the Baseball Club Slasher, the powerful pitcher who appears every night and terrorizes other players, be their guy? There's only 1 problem: he can only pitch 3 full-power balls a day!
3. Ketsu Battler
Story and Art: Naotaka Takade
Publisher: Shogakukan
This hilarious manga is actually an adaptation of a similarly funny and unserious game by KAYAC. Characters in the manga fight with a sword between their butt. But the ridiculousness is the reason why people want to see this manga animated.
4. Utsuranain desu
Story and Art: Ruka Konoshima
Publisher: Shogakukan
The manga began publishing in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine in March 2024. So far, it has seven collected volumes in circulation.
Synopsis:
The story revolves around a lonely teenage boy named Makoto who attracts ghosts and spirits wherever he goes. Although most people avoid him because he’s too creepy, an enthusiastic occult club member Michiru approaches him one day and asks him to become a part of the club.
5. #Gal x Gal Yuri
Story and Art: Inoue
Publisher: Shogakukan
The series began in Shogakukan’s Sunday Webry manga service in June 2025. The first collected volume of the manga came out in December of last year.
Synopsis:
What happens when two Gals try dating for a year on a whim?
6. On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance
Story and Art: Shinnosuke Kanazawa
Publisher: Square Enix
The author began serialising this manga on their X (formally Twitter) account back in April 2023. Square Enix began publishing the series on their Pixiv Comic website under their Gangan Pixiv brand in December 2023.
Synopsis by Square Enix:
A lolita boy and a punk girl form a fashion-forward bond without realizing they already know each other from work!
There are two sides to every working adult: one they show when they’re on the job, and one they show when they’re off the clock. For coworkers Sotaro Amata and Akira Hanku, this holds doubly true. Outside the office, these fashionistas don outfits that metamorphose them into completely different people!
So what happens when they form a connection after hours…without recognizing who the other person is?
7. Usotsuki! Gokuō-kun
Story and Art: Makoto Yoshimoto
Publisher: Shogakukan
The series ran in Shogakukan’s Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic magazine from August 2011 to June 2012, and was then transferred to the CoroCoro Comic where it was serialised from August 2012 to September 2021. The chapters have been collected in 25 volumes. This series won second place in the same list last year.
Synopsis by CoroCoro (machine translated):
The world is filled with lies, lies, and more lies... I'm sure all of you readers have told one at least once. It's thrilling... This is a story about lies. The main character, Gokuo-kun, is a “lie specialist” who loves to tell lies and expose the lies of others! Along with his pet cat crow, he uncovers all the lies that are overflowing in the school! Of course, he only uses his “tongue”... Gokuo-kun “controls lies with lies”! What's it like? If you're interested in reading it, you're in!
8. Dinosaur Sanctuary
Story and Art: Itaru Kinoshita
Publisher: Shinchosha
The manga began serialising in Shinchosha’s Monthly Comic Bunch magazine in March 2021. But in April 2024, the series was moved to Comic Bunch Kai. The manga has released eight volumes so far.
Synopsis by Seven Seas Entertainment:
Dinosaurs are alive! In 1946, a remote island was discovered where dinosaurs never went extinct. Through breeding and genetic manipulation, dinosaur populations increased and dino-mania reached a fever pitch worldwide…until a certain terrible incident occurred. Afterward, dinosaur reserves like Enoshima Dinoland fell on hard times. Enter Suma Suzume, a kindhearted rookie dino-keeper! Can she be the one to save Dinoland from extinction?
9. Gokurakugai
Story and Art: Yuto Sano
Publisher: Shueisha
Shueisha began publishing this monthly manga in their Jump Square magazine in July 2022. The series has six collected volumes so far.
Synopsis by Viz Media:
There’s never a shortage of crime around town, and a young boy searching for his beastman friend is just another entry on a long list of missing person reports. However, Alma and Tao realize that they’re the best chance at solving the case—and destroy the vicious monsters waiting around every street corner.
10. Centuria
Story and Art: Tohru Kuramori
Publisher: Shueisha
The series has been serialised on Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ web service since April 2024. It has seven collected volumes so far.
Synopsis by Viz Media:
Caught as a stowaway aboard a slave ship, Julian narrowly escapes death by the kindness of fellow slaves who take pity on him, especially a pregnant slave by the name of Mira. But when the slaver decides to liquidate his holdings, the bloodbath calls forth an ancient god from the sea. A deal is made at the cost of a life and Julian is forever changed, gaining fantastic powers. But even with his new abilities, monsters at sea and on land pose a threat in this dark and dangerous world!