Akita Shoten has officially announced that an TV anime adaptation of Synecdoche’s Elf-san wa Yaserarenai (Plus-Sized Elf) manga series which is slated to air sometime this year. Ayase Ito will star in the series as Elfuda.
Elf-san wa Yaserarenai first launched in Wani Books’ Comic Gum website in December 2016 and Wani Books published up to seven volumes of the manga by October 2020. In May 2021, the manga went on a half-year hiatus to change publishers to Akita Shoten and would later resume in Akita Shoten’s Dokodemo Young Champion magazine in October 2021, only to end serialization not long after. Akita Shoten published an eighth volume in November 2021 and then began re-releasing the first seven volumes of the original manga in June 2022.
Seven Seas Entertainment is currently releasing the manga in English in North America. The story synopsis is as follows:
Naoe-kun, a massage therapist, is about to head home for the day when he’s saddled with a rather strange patient. This lovely lady has emerald eyes, pointy ears, and grew up in the forest – everything about her screams “elf,” exept for one thing: her bodacious body. It turns out she left her world but loves junk food in this one, and now her obsession has caught up with her. Can Naoe-kun help this loveable elf girl lose the weight – and keep it off?
Seven Seas Entertainment is also releasing new editions of the manga with new covers.
Synecdoche launched Shin Elf-san wa Yaserarenai (Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping) in Line Manga in November 2021 as the “second season” of the earlier Elf-san wa Yaserarenai manga. Akita Shoten will publish the manga’s third compiled volume on January 26. Seven Seas Entertainment is also releasing the manga in English.
Source: Elf-san wa Yaserarenai Anime Official Twitter, Official Website, Anime News Network
