The Japanese manga series If My Wife Became an Elementary School Student ("Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru."), created by Yayuu Murata, announced a TV anime adaptation back in March last year. After a year, it has now been officially announced that the anime will begin airing in 2024. The production team has also been revealed, with Noriyuki Abe serving as director, and animation production entrusted to Studio Signpost, a subsidiary studio of Studio Pierrot.

According to MyAnimeList's description of the anime series,

Keisuke Niijima lost his beloved wife, Takae, 10 years ago. Since then, he doesn't feel alive and is seen as a gloomy man. The only family Keisuke is left with is his only daughter, Mai. Keisuke wants Mai to be happy but he has not done anything for his daughter other than providing living expenses. The father and daughter's time stopped 10 years ago. They are living in the same house but live very separate lives and do not communicate well. One day, an elementary school girl appears in front of Niijima's house and claims that she is the reincarnation of Takae.