Akira Sekine is attached to three announced anime projects, all confirmed in 2026. The most recent casting is as Villaura in the Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! anime, which premieres October 5.
Akira Sekine's confirmed anime roles in 2026 span three adaptations, each announced with a different production. In June, TV Asahi's first promotional video for the Magic Repo Man anime revealed the cast, additional staff, and an October television premiere on TV Asahi and affiliates. The series adapts Masakichi and Shingou Iijima's manga about a boy who can loan magic points and later collects debts with interest. Sekine's specific role in that series is not named in the story.
In August, the Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story anime was announced for 2027 through a new official website, with a teaser trailer, teaser visual, main cast, and staff. Sekine voices Pinocchio alongside Yume Miyamoto as Red Riding Hood. Itsuro Kawasaki directs and writes the script at BENTEN Film, with Manami Minakata and Yuko Yahiro designing characters. The source is Aito Aoyagi's novel, published by Futabasha in August 2020; a manga adaptation by Tanakanoka ended with its fourth volume in June 2025, and the franchise also includes a live-action Netflix film.
The most recent story, in September, named Sekine as Villaura in Kadokawa's Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! anime, alongside Hiro Shimono as Tien, with an October 5 television and streaming launch. Centimillimental performs the opening theme and Rainy the ending. The series airs on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, with MBS following on October 6.
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Kadokawa's new video for the Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! anime names Hiro Shimono as Tien and Akira Sekine as Villaura, and sets an October 5 television and streaming launch. Centimillimental performs the opening theme "Kanawanai" and Rainy the ending "Mada Uso ni wa Naranai." The series airs on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, with MBS following on October 6.
A television anime adaptation of Aito Aoyagi's novel Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story, also known as Little Red Riding Hood Encounters a Dead Body During Her Journey, was announced on Monday via a new official website. The site revealed a teaser trailer, teaser visual, main cast, and staff. Yume Miyamoto voices Red Riding Hood, and Akira Sekine voices Pinocchio. Itsurō Kawasaki, known for Baban Baban Ban Vampire, directs and writes the script at BENTEN Film. Manami Minakata and Yūko Yahiro design the characters. The story follows Red Riding Hood as she travels through a fairy-tale world, solving crimes with her clever mind. The teaser trailer includes the line, "Why is your criminal plan so sloppy?" Futabasha published the novel in August 2020. A manga adaptation by Tanakanoka ran in Monthly Action and later moved to Web Action, ending with its fourth volume in June 2025. The franchise has also been adapted into a live-action Netflix film titled Once Upon a Crime.
TV Asahi unveiled the first promotional video for the Magic Repo Man anime, revealing the cast, additional staff, and an October television premiere. The series adapts Masakichi and Shingou Iijima's manga about a boy who can loan magic points and later collects debts with interest. The anime premieres in October on TV Asahi and affiliates.