Kore wa Shine is a TV anime airing in the 2026 summer season, adapted from a manga that won the Manga Taisho 2023 grand prize and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award. Its opening theme, Isho by Kitani Tatsuya, received a music video on August 12.
The TV anime Kore wa Shine is adapted from a manga that took the Manga Taisho 2023 grand prize and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award. It is one of the 2026 summer season's anime, and its story centers on manga creation. Anime Anime writer Kaori Yoneda picked it among three summer series chosen for their love of the source material, noting that Kore wa Shine conveys passion for manga.
Kitani Tatsuya performs the opening theme, Isho. He released the song's music video on August 12. Actress and model Yoshida Mizuki appears in the video as a girl driven by creative impulse. The video visualizes the song's theme that creation is a living will, tying Kitani's personal commentary directly to the anime's story about making manga.
Yoneda's selections show that source material love takes multiple forms across the season. Tenmaku no Jadugaru approaches history with thorough research, and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War expands on untold moments from the original story. Kore wa Shine's form of appreciation is its passion for manga itself.
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ASCII.jp's Kindle manga column recommends Minoru Toyoda's 'Kore wa Shine da' during the September 4-6 Amazon Manga Weekend Festival, which offers 50 percent points back. The piece notes that at the initial anime meeting, author Toyoda asked director Hiroaki Akagi to prioritize the beauty of the island setting, based on Izu Oshima, over the manga drawing scenes. Director Akagi himself once aspired to be a manga artist.
Kitani Tatsuya released the music video for his new song Isho on August 12. The track is the opening theme for the TV anime Kore wa Shine, based on the manga that won the Manga Taisho 2023 grand prize and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award. Actress and model Yoshida Mizuki appears in the video, playing a girl driven by creative impulse.
Anime Anime writer Kaori Yoneda selected three 2026 summer anime series that show deep respect for their source material. Kore wa Shine conveys passion for manga, Tenmaku no Jadugaru approaches history with thorough research, and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War expands on the original story's untold moments. Each series demonstrates a different form of source material appreciation.