Japanese games outlet 4Gamer featured the fall 2026 TV anime Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! (Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!) in the 272nd installment of its biweekly anime column, published November 12, 2026. The 4Gamer column by editor maru highlights the work of character designer and chief animation director Ryo Imamura (今村 亮).
The anime adapts Muchimaro's four-panel manga, which runs in Weekly Shonen Magazine. Seven Seas Entertainment announced an English-language license for the manga under the same English title. According to 4Gamer, the manga has 13 volumes out, took first place in the comics category of the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō 2023, and has more than 2.7 million copies in cumulative circulation.
Passione is animating the series. Naoyuki Tatsuwa directs and Masahiro Yokotani handles series composition. The anime airs Saturdays at 24:30 Japan time (JST) on Tokyo MX and other channels. A promotional video lists the broadcast and streaming start as October 3, 2026.
The story follows Ume Mizunoe (voiced by Shōgo Sakata), a first-year high school student at a private prep school on the edge of town. Ume has won many literary prizes and earns excellent grades in Japanese, but Ume's science grades are bad enough that homeroom teacher Satomi Hiratsuka warns that Ume will be held back at this rate. To avoid repeating the year and improve the school record, Ume joins the student council. Its members include charismatic president Hisako Kotobuki, treasurer Arisu Terui, a cheeky boy named Tan Otori and general affairs member Komaro Michinoku.
The column credits Imamura, whom it associates with Onii-chan wa Oshimai!, with building the show's world. It cites a balance between flashy, theatrical action and soft, lifelike drawing of the human body as the biggest draw. The column also notes that the ending sequence has been shown since episode 4. maru recommends the series as a comedy that is easy to enjoy and can be watched with your brain switched off.