Image: Teaser-Visual zum TV-Anime „Giant Ojousama“: Nikumura Q/Shogakukan/Fujidō-Gruppe, Abteilung Video-Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
AMBot | 08/06/2026 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
The anime adaptation of the comedy manga series "Giant Ojousama" by Nikumura Q will premiere on Japanese television in January 2027. In early August 2026, the production team announced the broadcast date and simultaneously released the first teaser visual as well as the key members of the production staff. In parallel, the project's official website and official X account were launched.
The teaser visual shows the protagonist Fujidō Oriko, who has grown into a giantess, looking down at a city, along with her butler Dr. Sebastian – an all-round rabbit who, as a researcher, developed the enlargement drink. The animation is handled by the traditional studio Tatsunoko Production, which had already announced the adaptation in March 2025, accompanied at that time by a 48-hour free promotion during which all chapters of the manga were available to read for free.
Hiroshi Ikehata is directing, having previously helmed series such as "Witch Watch," "TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You," and "Dark Gathering." Katsuya Ōshima serves as assistant director, Hajime Mitsuda is in charge of character design and overall artistic direction, while Yū Satō is responsible for series composition and script.
The source material first appeared in December 2020 as a pilot version on Shueisha's Jump Rookie platform, where it won the Bronze Rookie Prize of the month. Since July 2021, the series has been running as a weekly serialization on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry. In the ranking "Anime Adaptations We Wish For," organized by AnimeJapan, the title reached fifth place in 2023. So far, eleven compiled volumes have been released, with the twelfth volume following on August 10, 2026, in Japan.
At the center of the story is 16-year-old Oriko, heiress to the Fujidō conglomerate, which dominates the global market for vending machines and drinks. For her fourth birthday, her father gives her an entire city, which she develops and manages over a decade. When a giant, unknown attacker threatens the peace of the city, her butler Dr. Sebastian hands her a newly developed drink – and Oriko grows into a figure that towers over skyscrapers. From then on, the young woman must repeatedly go out as a giantess to defend her city, but in the heat of battle, she also causes quite a bit of havoc herself. The manga describes itself as a "comedy in which the young lady simply becomes huge"; the bigger things get, the more endearing the characters are supposed to be.
Author Nikumura Q expressed being overwhelmed in a statement: "Thanks to everyone's support, 'Giant Ojousama' is finally being animated! A young lady larger than a building who speaks and moves – as an anime, that's guaranteed to be entertaining." Director Ikehata, meanwhile, addressed "giantess fans around the world" and promised large-scale entertainment in XL format, before winkingly admitting that he no longer quite knows what he said: "In any case: Expect something big."
Details about the voice cast are still pending and will be announced at a later date.
The teaser visual shows the protagonist Fujidō Oriko, who has grown into a giantess, looking down at a city, along with her butler Dr. Sebastian – an all-round rabbit who, as a researcher, developed the enlargement drink. The animation is handled by the traditional studio Tatsunoko Production, which had already announced the adaptation in March 2025, accompanied at that time by a 48-hour free promotion during which all chapters of the manga were available to read for free.
Hiroshi Ikehata is directing, having previously helmed series such as "Witch Watch," "TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You," and "Dark Gathering." Katsuya Ōshima serves as assistant director, Hajime Mitsuda is in charge of character design and overall artistic direction, while Yū Satō is responsible for series composition and script.
The source material first appeared in December 2020 as a pilot version on Shueisha's Jump Rookie platform, where it won the Bronze Rookie Prize of the month. Since July 2021, the series has been running as a weekly serialization on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry. In the ranking "Anime Adaptations We Wish For," organized by AnimeJapan, the title reached fifth place in 2023. So far, eleven compiled volumes have been released, with the twelfth volume following on August 10, 2026, in Japan.
At the center of the story is 16-year-old Oriko, heiress to the Fujidō conglomerate, which dominates the global market for vending machines and drinks. For her fourth birthday, her father gives her an entire city, which she develops and manages over a decade. When a giant, unknown attacker threatens the peace of the city, her butler Dr. Sebastian hands her a newly developed drink – and Oriko grows into a figure that towers over skyscrapers. From then on, the young woman must repeatedly go out as a giantess to defend her city, but in the heat of battle, she also causes quite a bit of havoc herself. The manga describes itself as a "comedy in which the young lady simply becomes huge"; the bigger things get, the more endearing the characters are supposed to be.
Author Nikumura Q expressed being overwhelmed in a statement: "Thanks to everyone's support, 'Giant Ojousama' is finally being animated! A young lady larger than a building who speaks and moves – as an anime, that's guaranteed to be entertaining." Director Ikehata, meanwhile, addressed "giantess fans around the world" and promised large-scale entertainment in XL format, before winkingly admitting that he no longer quite knows what he said: "In any case: Expect something big."
Details about the voice cast are still pending and will be announced at a later date.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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