series adaptation by OLM was announced. The series was directed by Kazuki Kawagoe, with Ayumu Watanabe serving as chief director, scripts by Deko Akao, character designs by Atsuko Nakajima and music by Yukari Hashimoto. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 7 to December 23, 2021. Netflix streamed the series worldwide on a weekly basis from October 21, 2021, to January 6, 2022. performed the series' opening theme "Cinderella", while performed the series' ending theme "Hikare Inochi". On December 23, 2021, Netflix announced that a second season was green-lit. It aired from April 7 to June 23, 2022, in Japan, while Netflix streamed it worldwide from April 27 to July 13, 2022. Miku Itō performed the opening theme "Ao 100 Shoku", while performed the ending theme "Koshaberi Biyori". On December 12, 2022, the official Komi Can't Communicate Twitter account announced that the anime production team did retakes of the animation for episodes in both seasons that had already been posted on Netflix. Episode list Season 1 Season 2 Drama An eight-episode live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast on NHK General TV from September 6 to November 1, 2021. Aiko performed the series' theme song. Reception Komi Can't Communicate won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2022. Polygon named the manga as one of the best comics of 2019. As of September 2018, the first ten tankōbon volumes had over 2 million copies in circulation. As of February 2021, the first twenty tankōbon volumes had over 5.2 million copies in circulation. As of December 2021, the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation. As of June 2022, the manga had over 7.4 million copies in circulation. The series ranked first in a 2020 poll conducted by AnimeJapan of "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation". The series won the Crunchyroll Anime Award for best comedy at the 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2022. Shoko Komi was also nominated for the "Best Girl" category while the series was nominated for the "Best Romance" award. Critical response In a review of the first volume from Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman called the series "a nice little story with humor and a distinct lack of cruelty that doesn't break any new barriers but is definitely fun to read." Faye Hopper considered that it is hard to tell if the humor of the series lies in Komi's "seemingly outlandish, absurd behavior" or