Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land Anime Reveals Main Staff

The official X/Twitter account for Shufu to Seikatsu Sha 's Comic PASH! magazine revealed the main staff for the anime adaptation of Marukawa 's Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land ( Ikyō no Tsumenuri Minarai ) manga on Wednesday.

Daiji Iwanaga ( The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window , The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt ) is directing the anime at Zero-G . Tomoko Konparu ( NANA , Nodame Cantabile , Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You ) is in charge of series composition, and is also penning scripts alongside Michiko Yokote ( Shirobako , Train to the End of the World , Ruri Rocks ).

Tokyopop licensed the manga, and released the first volume in English on April 7. Tokyopop describes the story:

A shoujo fantasy that brings readers into the magical world of nail art. Keiko Sahara, an office worker whose hobby is designing cute gel nails, is sent to a world where people's magic abilities come from their nail art. After a magic nail artist notices her ability, she becomes his apprentice!

Marukawa launched the manga in Shufu to Seikatsu Sha 's Comic PASH! magazine in 2022. Shufu to Seikatsu Sha published the manga's sixth compiled book volume in October 2025, and will release the manga's seventh volume on Friday.

Source: Comic PASH! 's X/Twitter account