Viz Media and Japan Society Set Hirayasumi World Premiere for October 7
Viz is putting the Keigo Shinzo adaptation in front of a New York audience months before its NHK General slot, which gives the publisher an early read on a title it is also releasing in English in 2027.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
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.
The screening covers the first episode only, at Japan Society's New York City location, with a panel attached. Kei Suezawa directs at Production +h, with Naoyuki Asano on character design, Mika Nishimura as art director, and Kaori Sawada composing. The manga runs in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits, where it launched in April 2021, and Shogakukan published the ninth compiled volume on July 30. The series has over 1.1 million copies in circulation worldwide.
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