Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (ヲタクに恋は難しい, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii) is a Japanese anime series based on the Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii manga series by Fujita. The anime premiered in 2018 and was directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike at studio A-1 Pictures.
In March 2019, an OVA anime episode was bundled with the 7th manga volume. A second OVA episode will be bundled with the upcoming 10th manga volume.
Contents
Plot
When Narumi, an office lady who hides the fact that she is a yaoi fangirl, changes jobs, she is reunited with Hirotaka, her childhood friend who is attractive and skilled but is a hardcore gaming otaku. They decide to start dating for now, but being otaku, both of them are awkward so a serious romantic relationship is rather difficult for them...
Staff
- Original Work: Fujita
- Direction: Yoshimasa Hiraike
- Series Composition: Yoshimasa Hiraike
- Character Design: Takahiro Yasuda
- Chief Animation Direction: Mio Araki, Takahiro Yasuda
- Music: Akimitsu Honma
- Animation Work: A-1 Pictures
Cast
- Arisa Date as Narumi Momose
- Kento Itou as Hirotaka Nifuji
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tarō Kabakura
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Hanako Koyanagi
- Aoi Yuuki as Kō Sakuragi
- Yuuki Kaji as Naoya Nifuji
Episodes
| # | Title | Air Date (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Narumi and Hirotaka Meet Again, and... | April 13, 2018 |
| 02 | Are We Now Dating? | April 20, 2018 |
| 03 | Sales Event and Gamers Meetup | April 27, 2018 |
| 04 | Is Mature Love As Difficult? | May 4, 2018 |
| 05 | Introducing Naoya and Gamers Meetup (Part II) | May 11, 2018 |
| 06 | Bleak Christmas | May 18, 2018 |
| 07 | Online Gaming and Their Respective Nights | May 25, 2018 |
| 08 | Weakness is Thunder and Years of Insecurity | June 1, 2018 |
| 09 | Go Out on a Date with Me! | June 8, 2018 |
| 10 | Introducing Kou and Online Gaming Revenge | June 15, 2018 |
| 11 | Love Is Hard for Nerds | June 22, 2018 |
| OVA1 | It Appeared Suddenly=Love | March 29, 2019 |
| OVA2 | TBA | TBA |
