Hirayasumi TV Anime Lands on Netflix in January
Viz Media announced Monday that the Hirayasumi television anime will stream internationally on Netflix in January, and that Gen Hoshino performs the opening theme. The NHK General broadcast in Japan premieres in January 2027.
1 source 1d ago
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Why it matters
Netflix picking up the international stream gives the adaptation of Keigo Shinzo's manga a global day-and-date home ahead of its Japanese broadcast on NHK General, and puts the manga's final chapter two weeks after the announcement.
Key Facts
- Viz Media announced that the Hirayasumi television anime will stream internationally on Netflix in January.
- The anime premieres in Japan on NHK General in January 2027.
- Gen Hoshino performs the opening theme, and TOMOO performs the ending theme 'Fumizekka'.
- Kei Suezawa directs the anime at Production +h, with Yuma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta.
- Keigo Shinzo's manga has over 1.1 million copies in circulation worldwide and ends on November 16.
Kei Suezawa directs at Production +h, with Yuma Uchida voicing Hiroto Ikuta and Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi.
The Japanese broadcast is set for NHK General, with Netflix handling the international stream. Production +h animates the series, and Kei Suezawa directs. The cast includes Yuma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta, Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi, Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada, and Daisuke Namikawa as Hideki Noguchi, with television announcer Yuko Naito as narrator.
Keigo Shinzo launched the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits in April 2021. It has over 1.1 million copies in circulation worldwide and ends on November 16. Viz Media publishes it in English, and the first episode screened at Japan Society in New York on October 7.
Written with AI by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited. See our editorial policy.
Add Yomimono as a preferred source on Google
Sources
- Anime News Network Hirayasumi TV Anime to Stream on Netflix