On the official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of the manga written by aka akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, Oshi no Koit was announced that the broadcast of the eighth episode will be delayed by a week. According to the statement, the episode will be broadcast on June 7, while a compilation episode will be broadcast on May 31.
The statement does not specify the reasons why the series is delaying the broadcast of its next episode, and it is quite particular to put a compilation episode in a series announced for a transmission of a cour (that is, of only three months). Fans speculate that there are production issues, while others claim that it is simply a scheduling tactic so that Oshi no Ko ends up on par with other seasonal series (As it will only have eleven episodes, the production might not want Oshi no Ko to end too soon compared to other series).
Like every week, the animation director Kanna Hirayama shared a special illustration to celebrate the airing of a new episode. The visual of this seventh broadcast was led by Akane Kurokawa:
The series has been broadcast since April 12 in Japan and is confirmed with a total of eleven episodes, while the platform HIDIVE is in charge of its distribution in the West. For their part, Akasaka and Yokoyari began publishing the manga in the magazine Weekly Young Jump from the publisher Shueisha in April 2020. aka akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) writes it while Mengo Yokoyari (Kuzu no Honkai) illustrates this.
Production team
- daisuke hiramaki (Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita!, Koisuru Asteroid, Selection Project) is in charge of directing the project in the studios Doga Kobo with the assistance of Saori Tachibana (Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san, Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi).
- Jin Tanaka (Tokyo Ghoul, Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha, Yesterday wo Utatte) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Kanna Hirayama (Kanojo, Okarishimasu, Selection Project) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Synopsis of Oshi no Ko
16-year-old Ai Hoshino is a talented and beautiful idol who is adored by her fans. She is the personification of purity, but all that glitters is not gold… Gorou Honda is a gynecologist from a rural area and a big fan of Ai. So when the pregnant idol shows up at her hospital, he is beyond taken aback. Gorou promises him a safe delivery, but little does he know that an encounter with a mysterious figure would result in his untimely death, or so he thought. Opening his eyes, Gorou finds himself in the lap of his beloved idol and discovers that he has been reborn as Aquamarine Hoshino, Ai’s newborn son! With his world turned upside down, Gorou soon discovers that show business is full of thorns, and that talent doesn’t always breed success. Will he be able to protect the beloved idol’s smile from him?
(c)赤坂アカ×横槍メンゴ/集英社・【推しの子】製作委員会
