{"id":4907,"date":"2026-07-04T22:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/green-yuri-anime-cloverworks-nirvana-opening-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T22:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:27:04","slug":"green-yuri-anime-cloverworks-nirvana-opening-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/green-yuri-anime-cloverworks-nirvana-opening-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Yuri Anime: CloverWorks, Nirvana Opening Theme, January 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nirvana&#8217;s 1991 grunge anthem &#8220;Breed&#8221; is officially the opening theme for the anime adaptation of Sumiko Arai&#8217;s manga <em>The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn&#8217;t a Guy at All<\/em> &#8212; and Dave Grohl himself helped break the news. Announced at Crunchyroll&#8217;s Anime Expo 2026 showcase in Los Angeles, the series premieres in January 2027 on Crunchyroll worldwide, including Singapore.<\/p>\n<h2>Meet Green Yuri: The Manga That Sold 1.6 Million Copies<\/h2>\n<p>Nicknamed &#8220;Green Yuri&#8221; by fans for its unmistakeable lime-green colour palette, the series follows Aya Osawa &#8212; a fashionable high schooler with a deep love for Western rock &#8212; who develops a crush on the cool, enigmatic clerk at her local CD shop. The twist: that clerk is Mitsuki Koga, a girl who attends Aya&#8217;s school and has been hiding in plain sight all along. As the two circle each other through shared playlists and stolen glances, a case of mistaken identity slowly deepens into something real.<\/p>\n<p>Originally a Twitter short story (2021), the manga graduated to Pixiv Comics serialisation before landing a print run through KADOKAWA&#8217;s Kitora label. It took first place in the web manga category at the <a href=\"https:\/\/natalie.mu\/comic\/news\/509963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next Manga Award 2023<\/a> and has since sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide &#8212; numbers that made an anime feel not just possible but necessary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TL-IGyJGf-w\" title=\"The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All | Official Teaser | Crunchyroll\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn&#8217;t a Guy At All | Official Teaser &#8212; via Crunchyroll on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>CloverWorks Takes the Helm<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/green-yuri-aya-anime-face.png?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aya Osawa in the Green Yuri anime by CloverWorks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy of Crunchyroll \/ CloverWorks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Studio CloverWorks &#8212; whose recent track record includes <em>Oshi no Ko<\/em> and <em>The Dangers in My Heart<\/em> &#8212; is handling animation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-07-03\/the-guy-she-was-interested-in-wasnt-a-guy-at-all-anime-teaser-reveals-cast-staff-nirvana-opening-\/.239271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anime News Network confirms<\/a> Masashi Ishihama in the director&#8217;s chair, with Rino Yamazaki on series composition and Kanna Hirayama designing the characters. Voicing the leads are Mariya Ise as Mitsuki Koga and Akari Kito as Aya Osawa &#8212; both seasoned performers with strong track records in character-driven drama.<\/p>\n<h2>That Nirvana Moment<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/green-yuri-manga-ax2026-key-visual.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Green Yuri manga key visual at Anime Expo 2026\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy of Crunchyroll \/ Sumiko Arai (KADOKAWA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Breed&#8221;, from Nirvana&#8217;s landmark 1991 album <em>Nevermind<\/em>, has been officially licensed as the opening theme &#8212; the first time a Nirvana track has been officially used in a Japanese animated production. The announcement drew an audible reaction from the Anime Expo crowd, made all the more striking when a pre-recorded video message from Dave Grohl played on the AX screens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[This series is] the same message and aesthetic&#8230; the vibe, you know? It&#8217;s cool,&#8221; Grohl said in the message, <a href=\"https:\/\/redbeanime.com\/ax-2026-the-guy-she-was-interested-in-wasnt-a-guy-at-all-drops-teaser-nirvanas-breed-as-opening-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported by Red Bean Anime<\/a>. That Nirvana&#8217;s surviving members would pick this series &#8212; a story about two girls finding each other through music &#8212; to carry the band&#8217;s legacy into anime says something about how far the medium has reached.<\/p>\n<h2>Singapore Fans: Mark Your January 2027 Calendar<\/h2>\n<p>Crunchyroll is streaming the series globally, which means Singapore fans will be able to watch from the January 2027 premiere date. Four volumes of the manga are already available in English from Yen Press, giving you plenty of time to catch up before episode one drops. For <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/manga-anime\/\">yuri and romance anime fans<\/a> in Singapore, this is shaping up to be the stand-out pick of that winter season.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Anime\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CloverWorks is adapting Green Yuri (The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn&#8217;t a Guy at All) with Nirvana&#8217;s &#8220;Breed&#8221; as the opening theme. Announced at AX2026, it premieres January 2027 on Crunchyroll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[25,30],"tags":[482,243,66,609,608],"class_list":["post-4907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga-anime","category-news","tag-anime-expo-2026","tag-cloverworks","tag-crunchyroll","tag-nirvana","tag-yuri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/green-yuri-anime-announcement-poster.jpg?fit=724%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1h9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5205,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/the-elusive-samurai-season-2-crunchyroll-july-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":4907,"position":0},"title":"The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Premieres on Crunchyroll 17 July","date":"July 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"CloverWorks brings back Hojo Tokiyuki for The Elusive Samurai Season 2 on 17 July \u2014 streaming on Crunchyroll with a new trailer, opening theme by Kento Nakajima, and nine days to go.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Manga Anime&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/elusive-samurai-s2-key-visual-1.png?fit=849%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4855,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/elusive-samurai-season-2-crunchyroll-july-17-premiere\/","url_meta":{"origin":4907,"position":1},"title":"The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Premieres July 17 on Crunchyroll","date":"July 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"CloverWorks brings back The Elusive Samurai Season 2 on Crunchyroll from July 17, with a new trailer and opening theme \"Onigoto\" by Kento Nakajima.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Manga Anime&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/elusive-samurai-s2-cast.png?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8128,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/watanare-manga-part-2-2027-eru-kudo\/","url_meta":{"origin":4907,"position":2},"title":"WataNare Manga Part 2 Starts Early 2027 \u2014 New Artist Eru Kud\u014d Takes Over","date":"August 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"WataNare manga Part 1 has ended on Young Jump+, and Part 2 launches in early 2027 with new artist Eru Kud\u014d. 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