The 好トイレ thread reminded me of this.
The protagonist of this anime is dispatched to a rural town for what she thinks is a small gig. Turns out the job wasn't what she thought it was, and she wasn't the person they wanted.
The elderly boss of the tourism association is a fan of an idol from his heyday named 椿 由乃 (つばき よしの).
The protag is called 木春 由乃 (こはる よしの) and the boss requested her, mistaking her for his idol (who happens to be already deceased!)
In the final episode (minor spoilers), the boss holds up a new banner with the 木 and 春 characters very far apart, signifying that he acknowledges her. Either that, or he's bad at making signs.
(Image taken from the internet)
There is some other wordplay as well: almost every episode title (and the anime's title) has a sort of fantasy theme, reminiscent of RPGs.
The first episode is "魔の山へ" which sounds like an RPG location and also sounds like the town that the story is situated in, 間野山 (まのやま).
Someone wrote an article here with some more info and a few more examples of wordplay in the anime.
by Weyu_