Hirayasumi's anime adaptation from Production +h. premieres on NHK General in January 2027, with an English release from Viz Media in 2027. The manga ends October 19, 2026, finishing in Weekly Big Comic Spirits two chapters after the October 5 announcement.
The anime version of Keigo Shinzo's Hirayasumi now has a confirmed January 2027 broadcast on NHK General, with Production +h. animating, Kei Suezawa directing, Naoyuki Asano on character design, and Kaori Sawada composing. Yuma Uchida voices Hiroto Ikuta, Mayu Takahashi is Natsumi Kobayashi, and Rikako Aikawa is Hanae Wada. A later cast round added Daisuke Namikawa as Hideki Noguchi, Yoko Hikasa as Yomogi Tachibana, Yume Miyamoto as Akari Yokoyama, Yuichiro Umehara as Ryo Ishikawa, and television announcer Yuko Naito as narrator. Viz Media plans an English release in 2027.
Viz Media and Japan Society held the world premiere of the first episode at Japan Society in New York City on October 7, with Sawada and producer Junichi Katsutani attending and Viz community manager Godswill Ugwa hosting. A second Japan Society screening followed, with Sawada, Katsutani, and Shogakukan's Junya Okamoto taking questions after the episode. Coverage describes the episode as still being finished, with its watercolor look and quiet tone already close to the manga.
The manga itself is ending. Weekly Big Comic Spirits said in its 45th issue that Hirayasumi finishes in two more chapters, on October 19 barring delays. The series started in the magazine in April 2021, and the stories give two different circulation totals: 1.7 million copies at the time of the anime cast announcement and over 1.1 million worldwide when the ending was announced. A live-action series ran on NHK starting November 2025, so the anime arrives after the manga has closed.
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The Japan Society hosted a preview screening of the first episode of Hirayasumi, which is still undergoing finishing touches ahead of its January 2027 premiere. Production +h. animated the adaptation of Keigo Shinzo's manga. Composer Kaori Sawada, anime producer Junichi Katsutani, and Shogakukan's Junya Okamoto took part in a post-screening Q&A.
The Hirayasumi television anime announced five more cast members on Tuesday: Daisuke Namikawa, Yoko Hikasa, Yume Miyamoto, Yuichiro Umehara, and television announcer Yuko Naito as narrator. Namikawa plays Hideki Noguchi, Hikasa plays Yomogi Tachibana, Miyamoto plays Akari Yokoyama, and Umehara plays Ryo Ishikawa. The anime premieres in January 2027 in Japan on NHK General, with an English release from Viz Media in 2027.
The 45th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits announced that Keigo Shinzo's Hirayasumi manga will end in two more chapters, with a finish on October 19 if there are no delays. The series launched in the magazine in April 2021 and has over 1.1 million copies in circulation worldwide. A live-action series premiered on NHK in November 2025, and a television anime is set for January 2027.
Viz Media announced the cast for the Hirayasumi anime on Monday: Yuma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta, Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi, and Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada. Kei Suezawa directs at Production +h, with Naoyuki Asano on character design and Kaori Sawada composing. The first episode premieres October 7 at Japan Society in New York; the series airs on NHK General in January 2027.
The Hirayasumi TV anime will air on NHK General TV starting January 2027. Production +h. handles animation, and Yuma Uchida plays Hiroto Ikuta, with Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi and Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada. A main visual and teaser PV were released alongside the cast announcement. The manga by Keigo Shinzo has run in Weekly Big Comic Spirits since April 2021 and has 1.7 million copies in circulation.
Viz Media announced Friday that it and Japan Society will host the world premiere screening of the Hirayasumi anime's first episode at Japan Society in New York City on October 7 at 7:00 p.m. EDT. Composer Kaori Sawada and producer Junichi Katsutani will attend, with Viz Media community manager Godswill Ugwa hosting the panel. The anime premieres in Japan in January 2027 on NHK General, with a 2027 English release.
Beneath the Tangles' Reader's Corner for June 9, 2026, covers six manga volumes, including the first extra-long volume of Ai Yazawa's classic shoujo I'm No Angel, along with new releases of Hirayasumi, Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life, Cosmos, Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards, and Imaginary. The column expresses disappointment with Imaginary Vol. 2, noting that the series has lost its imaginative spark and relies on out-of-place fanservice, while praising Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards Vol. 9 for its action-packed conclusion to a major arc.