The gag high school life anime begins in January 2026.
It was announced back in October that Motoei Shinzawa’s gag manga High School! Kimengumi is getting a remake anime. It takes place in a high school and follows the hilarious interactions between different types of students. Previously, the voice cast for the Kimengumi (Funny Face Club) and Bangumi (Delinquent Gang), were revealed. In the recent update, the official website and social media accounts of the anime revealed the cast for the Udegumi (Sports gang).
New High School! Kimengumi additional voice cast for Udegumi, and more
The newly introduced cast members of the upcoming anime are:
- Undo Kai voiced by Yusuke Kobayashi
Undo Kai’s name is a pun on the term ‘sports festival’ in Japanese as he’s the leader of the sports club. Other members of Udegumi are:
- Akiresu Ken voiced by Takuto Yokoyama
- Intahai Susumu voiced by Masayuki Sato
- Konjo Yutaka voiced by Shuya Watanabe
- Suji Chikara voiced by Ayumu Asakura
Previously announced cast members of the anime includes:
Kimengumi and friends:
- Rei Ichido voiced by Tomokazu Seki ]
- Go Reietsu voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi
- Kiyoshi Shusse voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Jin Daima voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi
- Dai Monohoshi voiced by Kikunosuke Toya
- Yui Kawa voiced by Haruka Shiraishi
- Chie Uru voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa
Bangumi members:
- Yo Nihiruda voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto
- Omiya Nakasudo voiced by Toshiki Horikita
- Kensaku Meri voiced by Yuhi Asagiri
- Ranto Jogai voiced by Masafumi Kobatake
- Koeru Tabuchi voiced by Kazuki Ogawa
Kazuaki Seki is directing the anime at Seven with Takashi Nishikawa working as the animation director. Shigeru Murakoshi is in charge of series composition while Yuka Abe is designing the characters. Night Tempo is in charge of in-show song production, and Slow Curve handles the planning and production of the series.
The anime is being adapted from Motoei Shinzawa’s classic gag manga series from the 1980s. It was adapted into an anime in 1985 and ran till 1987. The story of the anime focuses on the five members of the Kimen Gumi (Funny Face Club): Rei Ichido, Go Reietsu, Kiyoshi Shusse, Jin Daima, and Dai Monboshi. They all attend the Ichiou High School and have distinct and wildly eccentric personalities. The new transfer student Yui Kawa is intrigued by them and she and her friend Chie Uru start spending time with the group.