PSYREN Anime Debuts October 5 With CLAN QUEEN Opening And Two New Cast Members
The production has committed to a full adaptation of a manga that ran in Weekly Shonen Jump in the late 2000s, a scope that is rare for a series whose source material has been finished for over a decade.
Key Facts
- The PSYREN anime premieres on October 5 and airs on Tokyo MX and BS11 on October 4 at 11:00 p.m. JST.
- CLAN QUEEN performs the opening theme song "WARNING!!" for the PSYREN anime.
- Yuko Kaida joins the PSYREN cast as Matsuri Yagumo and Nobuyuki Hiyama joins as Dolkey.
- Crunchyroll will stream the PSYREN anime worldwide excluding Japan and China, with IVI streaming in Russia.
- Katsumi Ono directs the PSYREN anime at Satelight, with Shin Yoshida on series composition and Akira Okuma on character design.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, OtakuKart Anime.
REMOW announced on September 11 that the PSYREN television anime will premiere on October 5, with CLAN QUEEN performing the opening theme "WARNING!!" and two voice actors joining the cast. Yuko Kaida plays Matsuri Yagumo, Sakurako Amamiya's mentor, and Nobuyuki Hiyama plays Dolkey, an antagonist who confronts Ageha Yoshina and the others. The existing cast includes Rikuya Yasuda as Ageha Yoshina, Mayuko Kazama as Sakurako Amamiya, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Hiryu Asaga, Soma Saito as Oboro Mochizuki, and Yukihiro Nozuyama as Kabuto Kirisaki. Katsumi Ono directs at Satelight, with Shin Yoshida overseeing series scripts and Akira Okuma designing characters. Takashi Ohmama, Tatsuhiko Saiki, and Shu Kanematsu compose the music. The anime will stream on Crunchyroll worldwide outside Japan and China, with IVI handling Russia. REMOW stated the adaptation will cover Toshiaki Iwashiro's manga through its conclusion.
Toshiaki Iwashiro's manga ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, and Viz Media released all 16 volumes in English. The anime will air on Tokyo MX and BS11 on October 4 at 11:00 p.m., then on Sun TV later that night. Crunchyroll holds streaming rights worldwide outside Japan and China, with IVI in Russia.
Yoshitaka Taniguchi handles creature design, Kenichi Tajiri is art director, Harumi Goto and Kiho Sakai handle photography direction, Ryoko Kaneshige oversees editing, and Satoshi Motoyama is sound director. CLAN QUEEN member AOi wrote the opening theme around the idea of pushing past physical limits as warning alarms ring, and the group released "Secret Empire" in April 2026 as its first single on Sony Music Labels. Kaida described Matsuri as a dependable big-sister type who enjoys drinks, and Hiyama called Dolkey a straightforward villain he enjoyed playing in direct confrontations with the protagonists.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.