The anime Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii will have a total of 11 episodes

The official website of the animated television adaptation of manga Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii of Fujita has revealed that the series will be released in physical format in a total of four volumes that will add 11 episodes. The volumes will be released monthly between July and October.

Yoshimasa Hiraike (Working !!, Amagami SS) will direct the anime under A-1 Pictures, being also responsible for the scripts. Takahiro Yasuda (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, Nihon Mukashi Banashi) will design the characters, while Akimitsu Honma (Kyoukai no Rinne, Ai no Kusabi) will compose the music.

Other members of the team will be:

Design of backgrounds: Seiko Asai
Art: Emi Kesamaru
Art direction: Michiko Morokuma
Color: Izumi Sakamoto
Direction of photography: Toshiaki Aoshima
Sound management: Masanori Tsuchiya
Music production: HALF H · P STUDIO

The cast are:

Narumi Momose
Voiced by: Arisa Date

Narumi is an office lady and otaku who likes manga, otome game, idols, and boys love genres. She is having a hard time finding a decent boyfriend because of her hobby, so she kept it secret.

Hirotaka Nifuji 
Voiced by: Kent Itō

Hirotaka was Narumi's otaku friend back in middle school. A gamer who spends most of his free time gaming. Unlike Narumi, he does not care if everyone knows that he is an otaku. He is also considered to be very attractive by girls, although he doesn't seem to care.

Hanako Koyanagi 
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro

Narumi's senpai at the office. She is actually a famous (handsome) cosplayer under name "Hana-san" who usually cosplays as a guy character. She also kind of liking boys love genre.

Tarō Kabakura
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita

Hirotaka's coworker at the office who is a bit of otaku; he likes heroes and bishojo.

Naoya Nifuji 
Voiced by: Yūki Kaji

Hirotaka's younger brother; a university student. Naoya cares very deeply for his brother. He wants the best for Hirotaka, and is genuinely happy when good things happen to him.

Kō Sakuragi
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki

An introverted solo gamer who always saying "I'm sorry."

After discovering that they work at the same company, a gaming crazed otaku and a fujoshi reunite for the first time since middle school. After some post-work drinking sessions they begin dating, but will it be a perfect relationship for the two?

Opening Theme - "Fiction (フィクション)" by Sumika

Ending Theme - "Kimi no Tonari (キミの隣)" by halca

Fujita launched the manga on the pixiv web in 2014, and it was published in the Comic POOL digital magazine of Ichijinsha in November 2015. The first compilation volume on paper was put on sale in April 2015, with the fifth coming on the 2nd of February. In summer there were more than 4.2 million copies of the manga in circulation.