The "Toradora!" anime series was first announced on a promotional advertisement for the light novels being released under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint for April 2008. The anime is directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and produced by the animation studio J.C.Staff. "Toradora!" contains 25 episodes, which aired between October 2, 2008 and March 26, 2009 on TV Tokyo in Japan.