The official website of Kowloon Generic Romance has confirmed that the anime will be released on April 5, 2025.
A new trailer, key visual, and theme song details were revealed alongside the release date.
Japanese music group Wednesday Campanella will perform the opening theme song, “Summertime Ghost,” while singer-songwriter mekakushe will perform the ending theme, “Koi no Retronym” (A Retronym for Love).
Moreover, it was also revealed that Kengo Kawanishi has been cast as Yulong, a researcher investigating the mysteries surrounding Kowloon alongside Hebinuma.
The previously announced voice cast features:
Haruka Shiraishi as Reiko Kujirai Tomokazu Sugita as Hajime Kudo Ryotaro Okiayu as Miyuki Hebinuma Taito Ban as Tao Gwen Aoi Koga as Yaomay Sayumi Suzushiro as Xiaohei
Yoshiaki Iwasaki is directing the anime at Arvo Animation, with Jin Tanaka serving as the scriptwriter. Yuka Shibata is in charge of character designs, while Yuji Kaneko serves as the art director.
In addition to the anime adaptation, a live-action film was also announced.
Kowloon Generic Romance first debuted in Weekly Young Jump in 2019, with its chapters collected in 10 tankobon volumes as of October 2024.
Yen Press is publishing the manga is English.
MAL describes the plot of the manga as follows:
In the distant future, individuals who adore the old way of life live in Kowloon Walled City—a slum city that serves as a refuge for those who long for the Hong Kong of the past.然而，房地產經紀人靈姬·庫吉拉（Reiko Kujirai）渴望該地區的新地方。相比之下，她唯一的同事Hajime Kudou享受了城市所喚起的懷舊之情，並被任何現代滲透到牆壁上的現代化所推遲。但是，儘管他們的觀點不同，並且對最平凡的事情不斷爭吵，但兩人經常發現自己喜歡彼此的陪伴。
有一天，一個惡作劇的錯誤導致hajime使Hajime意外地邁向了Reiko，此後他迅速向他道歉。 Reiko對自己的行為感到困惑，開始調查可能的解釋，只是發現了她對自己沒有記憶的過去。