an anime television adaptation was made from the manga by aic classic that aired from january 11 to march 29, 2013. twelve episodes aired in all and included the addition of five bonus shorts called . outside of japan only the anime adaptation was brought over and released in north america. the series was licensed under the name the troubled life of miss kotoura by nis america, they released a blu-ray subtitled collection on august 4, 2015. the english subtitled release received mixed to mostly positive reviews from critics.