A Flip Phone Romance Comes to Screen
Dengeki Daisy ran in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine from 2007 to 2013. The love-suspense series follows Teru Kurebayashi, a high school girl whose older brother Sōichirō has passed away. Her only comfort is a flip phone he left behind, which receives messages from a mysterious sender who goes by "DAISY." When Teru breaks a school window, she's put to work as an errand runner for Tasuku Kurosaki, the school's blunt, sharp-tongued custodian. Kurosaki is rough on the surface but quietly watches over Teru, and their meeting sends her life in a direction she never expected.
Studio DEEN (KonoSuba, Fate/stay night) is producing the adaptation, with a teaser visual featuring the series' signature blue daisy released alongside the announcement. Kyōsuke Motomi, who also created the ongoing series Queen's Quality in the same magazine, shared a celebratory illustration.
An Iceland-Recorded Score and a Crew Built for the Era
Sōta Ueno (上野壮大) directs. His most recent work is Days with My Stepsister (2024). Sawako Hirabayashi handles series composition, Ayaka Murakami is on character design, and Masaru Yokoyama (Your Lie in April, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) composes the music.
The staff comments suggest a production attuned to what makes Dengeki Daisy's setting specific. Hirabayashi called the flip phone a defining object of the 2000s, noting that text on its small screen carried a different emotional weight than PC email. The secret relationship at the story's core begins through that medium.
Yokoyama revealed he traveled to Iceland to record and mix the score. After conversations with director Ueno about the show's intended atmosphere, he decided the music needed what he called a place with distinctive musicality. He returned with recordings shaped by blizzard conditions.
Director Ueno's own comment touched on the story's emotional range. He said he hopes to depict characters who carry "trivial things, important things, wounds that can't be understood, unforgivable pasts, pasts that can't be forgiven" and choose to live together through all of it.
Motomi wrote: "To think the day would come when I'd see Teru and Kurosaki moving on screen. I can't wait for the 2027 broadcast."
Looking Ahead
Dengeki Daisy is set to air in 2027, though a specific season has not been announced. No streaming partners for international markets have been confirmed yet.
The complete manga is available in English from Viz Media, so international fans can read the source material ahead of the anime premiere. An official website and X account (@daisy_anime_pr) are both live for further updates.