One Room is a Japanese original short animetelevision series produced by SMIRAL and animated by Typhoon Graphics. The concept of One Room is that it's a "first person narrative" i.e. the audience is the male protagonist. The anime has 3 different stories/routes, each with a different girl, in one room. The anime aired from January 11 to March 29, 2017. A second season by Zero-G aired from July 3 to September 25, 2018. A third season will premiere in 2020. The male characters version intended for female audiences titled Room Mate aired from April to June 2017.
One Room and Room Mate were first announced by Entertainment label SMIRAL who started a website on Friday to announce that it is producing an original anime series of shorts that premiered in Japan in January. It consisted of 12 episodes, each 5 to 6 minutes long. Eiji Mano wrote the original story and Aose Shimoi wrote the scripts. Jin'nan Studio produced the sounds while F.M.F produced the music with the composition by Yamazo. Both of One Room and Room Mate premiered on Tokyo MX with a following broadcast on Sun TV and online streaming via Niconico and AbemaTV. One Room features an original design by Kantoku, while Yasuhiro Okuda is adapting the design into anime. The anime was first aired on January 11, 2017 on Tokyo MX and Sun TV along with online streaming via Niconico then finished on March 29, 2017. MAO sung opening theme for episode 1-4 titled "Harumachi Clover", Rie Murakawa for episode 6-8 titled "Natsuzora Yell", and Suzuko Mimori for the last four episodes titled "Kibō Refrain". A Blu-ray and DVD compilation containing all the 12 episodes and 3 unaired episodes will be released on May 26, 2017. A second season of the One Room anime television series began airing on July 2, 2018, and finished on September 25, 2018. However, it was announced that Zero-G will replace Typhoon Graphics as the animation studio. In addition, Takuya Tani will be the new character designer and chief animation director, Shinji Takasuka will be joining as the art director, and Atsushi Furukawa will be the new color designer. A third season has been announced, and is set to premiere in 2020. The staff from the second season is returning to produce the third season. The "side M" version titled Room Mate features Hidari as an original character designer, with Chisato Nakata adapting Hidari's art into animation. It aired from April 12 to June 28, 2017. The anime's theme song titled "Kimi Iro Smile" is performed by Kosuke Toriumi and Tomoaki Maeno, and Natsuki Hanae A Blu-ray and DVD compilation containing all 12 episodes was released on August 25, 2017.
