The Hirayasumi manga will end in two more chapters, with a finish on October 19 if there are no delays. The anime premieres October 7 at Japan Society in New York, then airs on NHK General in January 2027.
Keigo Shinzo's Hirayasumi is closing its run in Weekly Big Comic Spirits. The 45th issue announced the manga will end in two more chapters, with a finish on October 19 if there are no delays. The series launched in the magazine in April 2021. A live-action series premiered on NHK in November 2025, and a television anime is set for January 2027. The manga's conclusion will not close the franchise.
Viz Media and Japan Society will host the world premiere of the anime's first episode at Japan Society in New York City on October 7 at 7:00 p.m. EDT. Kei Suezawa directs at Production +h, with Naoyuki Asano on character design and Kaori Sawada composing. Yuma Uchida plays Hiroto Ikuta, Mayu Takahashi plays Natsumi Kobayashi, and Rikako Aikawa plays Hanae Wada. Composer Kaori Sawada and producer Junichi Katsutani will attend the screening, with Viz Media community manager Godswill Ugwa hosting the panel.
The anime airs on NHK General starting January 2027, with a 2027 English release. A main visual and teaser PV were released alongside the cast announcement. The manga has over 1.1 million copies in circulation worldwide, according to the ending announcement, and 1.7 million copies in circulation, according to the premiere announcement. Coverage of the manga has also noted its presence among new releases alongside titles including I'm No Angel, Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life, Cosmos, Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards, and Imaginary.
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The 45th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits announced that Keigo Shinzo's Hirayasumi manga will end in two more chapters, with a finish on October 19 if there are no delays. The series launched in the magazine in April 2021 and has over 1.1 million copies in circulation worldwide. A live-action series premiered on NHK in November 2025, and a television anime is set for January 2027.
Viz Media announced the cast for the Hirayasumi anime on Monday: Yuma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta, Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi, and Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada. Kei Suezawa directs at Production +h, with Naoyuki Asano on character design and Kaori Sawada composing. The first episode premieres October 7 at Japan Society in New York; the series airs on NHK General in January 2027.
The Hirayasumi TV anime will air on NHK General TV starting January 2027. Production +h. handles animation, and Yuma Uchida plays Hiroto Ikuta, with Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi and Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada. A main visual and teaser PV were released alongside the cast announcement. The manga by Keigo Shinzo has run in Weekly Big Comic Spirits since April 2021 and has 1.7 million copies in circulation.
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.
Beneath the Tangles' Reader's Corner for June 9, 2026, covers six manga volumes, including the first extra-long volume of Ai Yazawa's classic shoujo I'm No Angel, along with new releases of Hirayasumi, Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life, Cosmos, Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards, and Imaginary. The column expresses disappointment with Imaginary Vol. 2, noting that the series has lost its imaginative spark and relies on out-of-place fanservice, while praising Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards Vol. 9 for its action-packed conclusion to a major arc.