The Vermillion Mask is an anime adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's manga, set to appear at Otakon 2026 with a premiere panel that showed only the first few minutes of the first episode. The panel featured director Tesukai Watanabe and voice actor Kazuki Ura, who discussed the adaptation and Ura's casting as Mok.
The Vermillion Mask is an anime adaptation of an underground manga by Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba. Otakon 2026 announced it would host cast and staff from the series, alongside representatives from two other anime adaptations, at panels running from July 31 to August 2 in Washington, D.C. The convention's guest list confirmed the adaptation was far enough along for public appearances.
At the premiere panel, held during Otakon, only the first few minutes of the first episode were shown before the event moved to a Q&A. The brief footage introduced Peru, a mask salesman, and a gang of kids attempting to steal a locked-away mask. Director Tesukai Watanabe and voice actor Kazuki Ura attended the panel and discussed why they adapted the obscure source material and how Ura's natural voice shaped the lead character Mok.
The truncated premiere left the full episode unseen, but the panel gave Watanabe and Ura room to explain the adaptation's approach. The series is one of three anime adaptations represented at Otakon 2026, alongside Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing and Orange's Trigun Stargaze.
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At Otakon, the premiere panel for The Vermillion Mask showed only the first few minutes of the first episode before stopping for a Q&A with director Tesukai Watanabe and voice actor Kazuki Ura. The brief footage introduced mask salesman Peru and a gang of kids attempting to steal a locked-away mask. Watanabe and Ura discussed the adaptation's underground source material and Ura's casting as Mok.
Otakon announced it will host cast and staff from the television anime of Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing, the anime adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's The Vermillion Mask, and Orange's Trigun Stargaze. The guests will participate in panels at the convention, which runs from July 31 to August 2 in Washington, D.C.