Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Anime This Fall

The TV anime adaptation Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, first announced to be in the making a couple of months ago, is now set to begin airing in Japan this upcoming Autumn 2011 season - so from October, most likely. Also, shortly before the TV anime's premiere, a single-episode OVA will be bundled with the 7th special-edition volume of the light novels on which the anime is based, releasing this September 22.



The original light novel series, whose title could translate to "I Don't Have Many Friends" (and is shortened as "Haganai"), is written by Yomi Hirasaka and illustrated by Buriki, with six volumes - pictured below - published so far, since 2009; plus a couple of manga adaptations likewise being serialized since 2010. The theme seems to be that of a generic romantic school comedy, involving a cast of characters decidedly full of issues...



A modest local gallery is now up, and the story, as summarized on ANN, goes something like this.

"The story revolves around Kodaka Hasegawa, a half-Japanese / half-British transfer student whose delinquent-like blonde hair scares people, and a seemingly perpetually sullen girl named Yozora Mikazuki. The two decide to form Rinjinbu, a club for people with hardly any friends."