Psyren Anime Reveals First Animated Teaser, October Premiere
After more than a decade of fan campaigns for an adaptation, the first look at animated footage confirms the project is moving toward its October premiere with a full adaptation of the complete manga.
Reporting from 5 sources: Anime News Network, Comic Natalie, Denfaminicogamer, Real Sound Anime, and 1 more.
The television anime adaptation of Toshiaki Iwashiro's manga "Psyren" will premiere in October 2026 on TOKYO MX, BS11, and other channels, distributor REMOW announced on June 17. The second teaser promotional video, which is the first to feature actual anime footage, was released alongside the broadcast details. The video shows protagonist Ageha Yoshina accessing the secret society Psyren to search for his missing childhood friend Sakurako Amamiya, and includes glimpses of battle scenes set in the Psyren world. The anime is directed by Katsumi Ono at Satelight, with series composition by Shin Yoshida and character design by Akira Okuma. The cast includes Rikuya Yasuda as Ageha Yoshina, Mayuko Kazama as Sakurako Amamiya, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Hiryu Asaga, Soma Saito as Oboro Mochizuki, and Yukihiro Nozuyama as Kabuto Kirisaki. Iwashiro's original manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2008 to 2010, and the anime has been announced to adapt the story to its conclusion. The series was nominated three times in AnimeJapan's "Manga Ranking We Want to See Animated" voting project.
The second teaser video, which REMOW released with subtitles in multiple languages, shows Ageha finding a red phone card in a public booth, then Sakurako vanishing after possessing the same card. The latter half of the video cuts to battle scenes in the Psyren world.
The music team includes three composers: Takashi Ōmama (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury), Tatsuhiko Saiki (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!), and Shū Kanematsu (The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses). Satelight, the studio behind the Aquarion and Macross series, is handling animation production. Director Katsumi Ono previously worked on the Symphogear series and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
Iwashiro's manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2007 to 2010, with Viz Media releasing all 16 volumes in English from 2011 to 2014. The announcement that the anime will adapt the story to its conclusion was made earlier this year alongside the cast reveal.
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