Amahiko Tendou

Charisma is a TV anime that comes from a multimedia project, not from a single novel or comic. The project began in 2021 with Evil Line Records and a creative group called Dazed. It first reached fans through voice dramas, songs, music videos, stage plays, and manga. Now it is getting its own TV series. The show is planned for January 2027 on the TBS network in Japan. Pierrot Films makes the animation, and Joji Furuta directs it. The story takes place in a share house. A share house is a home where several people who are not family live together and split the space. Here, seven young men live under one roof. Each one stands for a special trait that the project calls a charisma. Charisma, in this world, is not just a word for charm. Each man carries one strong quality, and it shapes the way he thinks and acts. Some of these qualities are Obedience, Self-love, Order, Rebellion, Internal Punishment, Sex, and Good and Evil. The cast includes Iori Motohashi, Terra, Rikai Kusanagi, Kei Sarukawa, Minato Oose, Amahiko Tendou, and Fumiya Itou. Amahiko Tendou is the one linked to the trait of Sex. He is a loner who puts his full effort into his art. In the voice cast, he is played by Tomohisa Hashizume. Fumiya Itou is played by Yuki Ono, and Iori Motohashi is played by Katsumi Fukuhara. Other voice actors include Genki Okawa, Masahiro Yamanaka, Kenta Hosoda, and Saku Hyuga. The men are very different from each other, and that is where the comedy comes from. Their strong personalities clash in small, daily moments at home. The setup suggests a show built on silly arguments, odd habits, and the way a group of very unusual people learns to live together. Early previews say that it does not rely on a big villain or a complicated plot each week. Instead, the fun comes from the cast and from how the situations grow more and more absurd. Music is a big part of the project. The genres listed for the series are comedy and music, and the songs come from Evil Line Records. The same label is known for Hypnosis Mic, another music-based project, and Charisma is often described as a related project. Fans of that kind of voice-actor music world may feel at home here. The original work is credited to Shu Matsubara and Dazed. Matsubara also writes the series scripts. The original character designs are by Ebimo. TBS Television is the production manager. There are also two manga versions. One is a four-panel comic called Charisma: Kyo mo Heiwa Desu. A four-panel comic is a very short comic with four boxes, usually used for quick jokes. It ran in the Kodansha magazine Dessert from 2023 to 2024. The second manga is drawn by So Tobita and was published on the Kodansha site Comic Days. It follows the men in their share house. In short, Charisma looks like a light, funny, character-focused anime with music at its heart. It will suit viewers who enjoy a large cast of odd personalities, voice-actor projects, and comedies where the humor comes from daily life instead of a big plot. Some details, such as exact plot events, have not been shared yet, so the story is best seen as a comedy about seven unusual roommates.