shallm Perform Opening Theme For Now That We Draw Anime
With the premiere set for January 2027 and the song written specifically for the production, the opening theme announcement is one of the few concrete pieces of the adaptation confirmed so far while the rest of the rollout remains ahead.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The official website for the television anime of Kyu Takahata and Yuji Kaba's Now That We Draw manga announced on Thursday that shallm, the band of vocalist lia, will perform the opening theme song Kimiiro Hikari, written specifically for the anime. The anime premieres in January 2027, with Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro starring as Yuki Uehara and Niina Miyamoto.
Shunsuke Ishikawa, whose credits include BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-, directs the anime at ROLL2. Deko Akao supervises and writes the series scripts, and Hiromi Nakagawa designs the characters, with Infinite producing.
The manga, by Kyu Takahata and Yuji Kaba, launched in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine in 2023. Hakusensha published the eighth compiled volume on September 29, and Seven Seas Entertainment published the fifth volume in English on July 28.
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