Sayumi Suzushiro is set to star in two announced television anime: Studio Cabana in 2027 and Now That We Draw in January 2027. She also appears as an islander in the Chiikawa film, which opens in Japan on July 24.
Across three recent announcements, Sayumi Suzushiro's year is divided between television series and a film. The most recent is Now That We Draw, whose first trailer set a January 2027 premiere. She stars as Niina Miyamoto opposite Ayumu Murase as Yuki Uehara, two aspiring manga creators who agree to a fake relationship. The anime is directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa at ROLL2, with Infinite producing.
Before that, Studio Cabana was confirmed for a 2027 television anime. Suzushiro will reprise her role as protagonist Yukari Maki, a part she previously played in a 2022 promotional video for the manga. The series is directed by Shin'ichiro Ushijima at JUVENAGE. The staff did not announce the voice actor for the other main character, Yusuke Kusaka, but released a character visual for him.
The earliest of the three announcements was for the Chiikawa film, Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu, where Suzushiro voices Futaba, an islander the characters meet. Momoka Terasawa voices Hitoha. The film adapts the manga's 2023 Siren Arc and opens in Japan on July 24.
What links the three is that each casts Suzushiro in an adaptation of an existing manga, and two of the three place her in a leading role. The television projects are both slated for 2027, while the film arrives first. Coverage of Studio Cabana remains incomplete on the male lead's casting, and the Chiikawa announcement did not detail Suzushiro's role beyond the character's name and islander status.
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The television anime of Kyu Takahata and Yuji Kaba's Now That We Draw manga released its first full promotional video and character visuals on Thursday, and the video sets a January 2027 premiere. Shunsuke Ishikawa is directing at ROLL2, with Deko Akao supervising and writing the series scripts and Hiromi Nakagawa designing the characters. The newly announced staff includes Sub-Character Design by Momoka Izumi, Color Key Artist Yurie Matsuura, Art Director Arei Saiga, Compositing Director of Photography Hayato Kifune, 3D CG by Masashi Watanabe, Editing by Mai Hasegawa, Sound Director Fumiyuki Go, Sound Effects by Ryuta Nakahara, and Music by Yoshiaki Miura, with Infinite producing. Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro star as Yuki Uehara and Niina Miyamoto, the two aspiring manga creators who agree to a fake relationship to gain the romantic experience their work lacks. The manga runs in Hakusensha's Young Animal. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed it, and the eighth Japanese volume is due September 29.
Jul 22
Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that Agri Uma's manga Studio Cabana will receive a television anime adaptation premiering in 2027. The announcement included a teaser visual and the main staff and cast. Shin'ichirō Ushijima, known for directing I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and UniteUp!, is directing the series at animation studio JUVENAGE. Sawako Hirabayashi, whose credits include Wolf Girl & Black Prince and Delicious Party♡Precure, is handling series composition. Haruka Sagawa, a character designer for Call of the Night and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- seasons 3 and 4, is designing the characters. Sayumi Suzushiro, who voices Nijika Ijichi in Bocchi the Rock!, will reprise her role as protagonist Yukari Maki, a part she previously played in a 2022 promotional video for the manga. The staff did not announce the voice actor for the other main character, Yūsuke Kusaka, but released a character visual for him. The manga, which began serialization on Kadokawa's pixiv Sylph online magazine in June 2021, has eight compiled volumes as of November 2025, with a ninth volume scheduled for August 21. Yen Press has licensed the manga for English release, with the first volume arriving in winter 2027.
Jul 21
The official website for the first Chiikawa anime film, Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu, announced on Tuesday that Momoka Terasawa and Sayumi Suzushiro have joined the cast as Hitoha and Futaba, two islanders the characters meet. The film adapts the manga's 2023 "Siren Arc" and opens in Japan on July 24.