Dakaichi

Media

The manga Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year first appeared in Libre Publishing's yaoi monthly Magazine Be × Boy starting in July 2013. As of September 2023, nine collected tankōbon volumes have been released. In August 2021, digital manga publisher Futekiya announced it had licensed the series for digital release. An anime television adaptation aired on Tokyo MX from October 5 to December 28, 2018. CloverWorks handled the animation, with Naoyuki Tatsuwa directing, Yoshimi Narita managing series composition, Minako Shiba designing the characters, Masaru Yokoyama composing the music, and Satoshi Motoyama serving as sound director. Shiba also acted as chief animation director alongside Senri Kawaguchi and Yu Kurihara. The opening theme was "Fukanzen Monologue" by Tomohisa Sako, and the ending theme was "Chuntaka!" performed by Yūki Ono and Hiroki Takahashi under their character names. Aniplex of America licensed the series and streamed it on Crunchyroll. The 13-episode run concluded in December 2018. On April 19, 2021, an anime film adaptation was announced, premiering on October 9, 2021, and focusing on the manga's Spain Arc. The main staff and cast returned for the film. Crunchyroll licensed the film for international streaming and released it on November 8, 2024. A live theater adaptation of the in-story stage play "Kōyōki" (Autumn Leaf Demon) ran at the Club eX theater in Tokyo's Shinagawa Prince Hotel from June 28 to July 7, 2019. A sequel ran at Nippon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo from January 8 to January 14, 2021. A third production, serving as the finale, ran at Theater 1010 in Tokyo from May 8 to May 15, 2022. A Thai drama adaptation titled Top Form was released in 2025, produced by WeTV and Tailai Entertainment. It starred "Boom" Raveewit Jirapongkanon as Akin (Takato) and "Smart" Chisanupong Paungmanee as Jin (Junta).