The anime will premiere on the WOWOW, Tokyo MX, and YTV channels in January, and it will have 12 30-minute episodes.
The official Twitter account for Egao no Daika (The Price of Smiles), Tatsunoko Productions’ (Speed Racer, Gatchaman, Time Bokan, Infini-T Force) 55th anniversary anime project, began streaming a 15-second ad on Monday for the show.
NOB-C (Musasino!, Urawa no Usagi-chan) is credited with the original character designs, as well as the original story concept with Hikaru Yuasa.
The girl is innocent, naive, expressive, and often laughing, crying, or getting angry.