Midori Asakusa wants to create an anime, but she's too disheartened to make that first step by herself. By pure chance, she meets Tsubame Mizusaki, an up-and-coming socialite secretly dreaming of becoming an animator. Together with Midori's money-loving best friend Sayaka Kanamori, the energetic trio start the "Eizouken" club and slowly work towards making their "greatest world" a reality.
Characters
;Midori Asakusa ;Sayaka Kanamori ;Tsubame Mizusaki ;Parker Dōmeki ;Sowande Sakaki ;Mr. Fujimoto ;Robot Club Ono ;Robot Club Kobayashi ;Robot Club Gotō ;Robot Club Seki
Media
Manga
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! is written and illustrated by Sumito Ōwara. The series started in Shogakukan's Monthly Big Comic Spirits on July 27, 2016. Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on January 12, 2017, and as of January 30, 2020, five tankōbon has been published. In March 2020, Dark Horse Comics announced the acquisition of the manga for an English-language release starting on October 6, 2020.
Volume list
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 7, 2019. Produced by Shogakukan, Warner Bros. Japan and Science Saru, the series is directed by Masaaki Yuasa, who also handles series composition. Yūichirō Kido is writing the scripts, Naoyuki Asano designs the characters and Oorutaichi composes the music. The series aired from January 5 to March 22, 2020 on NHK General TV. The series ran for 12 episodes. Chelmico performed the series' opening theme song "Easy Breezy," while Kami-sama, I have noticed performed the series' ending theme song "Namae no Nai Ao". It was streamed by Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Asia.
On February 17, 2020, it was announced that the film would be preceded by a six episode television mini-series, with the same staff and cast as the film. The series premiered on April 5, 2020, on MBS.
Reception
After the debut of the anime adaptation in January 2020, the manga had over 500,000 copies in circulation. The manga series was nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho awards in 2018, and it won the top Bros. Comic Award in 2017. The series ranked #15 along with Dr. Stone on a list of the top manga of 2018 for male readers put together by Kono Manga ga Sugoi!. In 2020, the anime series won one of the four monthly Galaxy Awards for March, becoming one of the candidates the association's yearly Galaxy Awards.
