The Vermilion Mask Anime Reveals Theme Songs, Six Cast Additions, October 10 Premiere
Crunchyroll is both streaming the series and running a U.S. theatrical screening on September 21, nine days before the October 10 broadcast debut, tying a simulcast property to a theatrical event ahead of its premiere.
Key Facts
- The Vermilion Mask anime premieres on October 10, with Crunchyroll streaming the series as it airs.
- Crunchyroll will screen The Vermilion Mask anime early in U.S. theaters on September 21.
- MAN WITH A MISSION performs the opening theme "Firestarter" and yutori performs the ending theme "Koe".
- The Vermilion Mask anime adds Kenji Nojima, Aoi Koga, Yuki Shin, Akihisa Wakayama, Aya Endo, and Yui Horie to the cast.
- The Vermilion Mask anime runs two cours, with Tetsuaki Watanabe directing at 100Studio.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The anime adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's The Vermilion Mask manga will premiere on October 10, with Crunchyroll streaming the series as it airs and screening it early in U.S. theaters on September 21. A second main trailer previews the opening theme "Firestarter" by MAN WITH A MISSION and the ending theme "Koe" by yutori. Six cast members were added: Kenji Nojima as Hien, Aoi Koga as Lasgarl, Yuki Shin as Clown, Akihisa Wakayama as Rinne, Aya Endo as The Mask of Necromancy, and Yui Horie as Master. Taihi Kimura leads as Peru d'Arrest. The anime runs two cours. Tetsuaki Watanabe directs at 100Studio, with Daisuke Ohigashi on series composition, Hisashi Higashijima on character designs, and Arisa Okehazama composing music. The manga launched in Shonengahosha's Young King Ours in February 2021, and Orange's emaqi publishes it in English.
Two more credits surfaced alongside the trailer. Gai Hazako is the assistant director, and Fumiyuki Go is the sound director. Anime Corner adds that original creators Dr. Poro and Nabana Naba supervise the story, and lists Hisashi Higashijima as both character designer and chief animation director.
- Hien is a member of Lisblanc's Governance Guard who looks up to Gouon like a father before an incident turns his feelings toward Peru into hatred. Kenji Nojima said he read straight through the script after hearing the word "mask."
- Lasgarl is a book-loving woman who commands sound through her mask, and her personality changes once battle begins. Aoi Koga called playing an enemy character "new territory" and "a real challenge."
- Rinne, played by Akihisa Wakayama, is among the newly named roles.
- Clown is voiced by Yuki Shin.
The new trailer also came with a key visual. Anime Corner describes the anime as a two-part series whose first cour premieres in October 2026. Taihi Kimura's lead role follows his casting as Chihiro Rokuhira in the upcoming KAGURABACHI anime. The manga has eight volumes published, per Anime Corner, while Anime News Network counts nine, with the ninth out on July 6.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.