The series was postponed due to allegations against Buta Productions’ CEO, FAR.
On 3 May, 2026, the short anime adaptation of Sakura Kurihara’s yuri manga “Let Me Fix You” was postponed indefinitely due to the serious grooming allegations made against the animation studio Buta Productions CEO Frederico Antonio Russo, aka FAR. However, in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), the anime’s team announced that the series will debut in mid-June, 2026 after being rescheduled from its originally-planned end May release.
Although the exact release date is yet to be confirmed, the main characters and their voice actors have been introduced. Moreover, Palumbo Giacomo has joined the project as casting director and Japanese dubbing supervisor, as well as Japanese production producer and interpreter.
Let Me Fix You
Premiere window: June 2026
Streaming service: yet to be announced
Who are the new cast members of Let Me Fix You?
The short anime has announced that former EGOIST vocalist chelly/reche is joining the cast as the protagonist Tsumugi, a seamstress. Her fellow artist Tia is also joining the cast as the zombie girl Chise. Illustrations depicting both Tsumugi and Chise have been revealed.
As the vocalist of EGOIST, chelly has performed anime songs ‘Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~’ (Guilty Crown ending theme), ‘Namae no Nai Kaibutsu’ (Psycho-Pass ending theme), and ‘Gold’ (BUILD-DIVIDE –#FFFFFF– Code White opening theme). Tia has performed ‘Heart Realize’ (Noragami ending theme) and ‘Deal with the Devil’ (Kakegurui opening theme). She also voiced the character of Yu in Wooser’s Hand-to-Mouth Life anime.
What is happening with the production of Let Me Fix You now?
The anime is based on Sakura Kurihara’s doujin manga series Let Me Fix You (Kimi wo Tsumugu). The adaptation is being handled by an international team with the animator Ani as the director. Other staff members include in-between checker and colour designer badbrix, background art director Kam’ kamon, and director of photography Xaryen.
Previously, Buta Productions, an Europe-based production company, was set to animate the series. However, after the serious grooming allegations against its CEO FAR, the formerly Buta Productions affiliated compositor May Yamada stated that “Everybody associated with ButaPro has immediately left the studio”.
Moreover, an X account for ponbleu, a group which claims to represent the former Buta Productions staff members also released a statement, saying:
We, the former staff of Buta Productions (ButaPro), have separated and reorganized ourselves under a new name and without the involvement of Federico Antonio Russo, also known as FAR.
We stand with the victim of their alleged abuse and unequivocally condemn the actions of the accused.
Likewise, ButaPro's statements to the media do not reflect our thoughts and opinions on this matter.
Currently, we are exclusively operating as an informal entity in order to fulfill prior obligations with clients.
We have no updates on any announced projects at the time.
-Ponbleu
A statement from the anime’s official account announced the mid-June release window on 8 May. It states (machine translated):
To everyone who is looking forward to Kimi wo Tsumugu.
After finishing our internal discussions, we decided that we will still publish whatever is already started and paid, but without Buta Productions or FAR involved anymore. The team around ani will do their best to finish what has been started.
However, due to the incident and the time we needed to sort things out, we need to adapt our schedule a bit. We need to postpone the release to mid-June.
But please rest assured that we will keep sharing more information until then.
However, there is also some less positive news that we want to share openly.
While the current scope of the project is secure, the future beyond that remains uncertain. As mentioned in our last statement, the project was originally intended to be much bigger than what has been announced so far and will be released in June.
Due to the circumstances, we have had to adjust the plans for everything beyond that until we find a new studio that is willing to take on the project with us.
We’d like to take you along on this journey, though, and we’d be thrilled if you’d continue to support Chise and Tsumugi.
What is Let Me Fix You about?
Sakura Kurihara’s manga was released in December 2021 as a self-published doujin, before it was officially published by Publisher No.9. English manga publisher BluPetal launched a kickstarter just this March to campaign for an official English release for “Let Me Fix You.” The publisher describes the story as:
Let Me Fix You (Kimi wo Tsumugu) is a critically acclaimed Yuri manga that blends the macabre with the deeply tender. The story follows Tsumugi, a quiet, skilled seamstress who finds herself in the company of Chise—a girl who is not quite alive, yet not quite gone.
As Tsumugi mends Chise's physical form with careful stitches, a delicate bond forms between the living and the undead. It is a story about the labor of love, the beauty of the "broken," and the lengths we go to for the people who make us feel whole.