The TV anime adaptation of ippatu's Tsugumi Project has named its lead cast and released a voice comic video, with no studio or broadcast date announced.
The Tsugumi Project anime was announced on July 14, 2026, with a teaser website, promotional video, and visual. The adaptation covers ippatu's post-apocalyptic manga, originally titled Toratsugumi in Japan, about a soldier named Leon who is falsely imprisoned and sent on a suicide mission to recover a dangerous weapon called Tsugumi from a radiation-ravaged Japan overrun by mutated monsters. The manga debuted in France through Ki-oon in 2019 before serializing in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from January 2021, and it concluded in September 2023 at seven volumes.
On October 19, 2026, the anime announced its first cast: Masaaki Mizunaka as Leone, Misaki Watada as Tsugumi, and Haruki Ishiya as Dudu. The reveal came with a voice comic video showing Leone and Dudu meeting aboard a plane bound for the ruined old Japan, and more voice comic videos are planned. Two of the three actors appear in the video.
Coverage of the cast diverges on details. The earlier report calls the character Leon and names the three actors in a different order; the later report uses Leone, describes Tsugumi as a creature with abnormal strength and Dudu as a former underground fighting champion, and notes a signed acrylic panel giveaway on X featuring all three voice actors. The earlier report also states the manga ended in September 2023 and that Kodansha USA released the final volume in September 2025, while the later report places the Japanese collected edition at seven volumes and notes the French edition was a hit before Japan.
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The television anime of ippatu's Tsugumi Project manga announced its first three cast members on Monday: Masaaki Mizunaka as Leon, Haruki Ishiya as Dudu, and Misaki Watada as Tsugumi. Two of the three appear in a newly released voice comic video for the manga. The manga ended in September 2023, and Kodansha USA Publishing released the final volume in September 2025.
Ippatu's post-apocalyptic manga Tsugumi Project is being adapted into a television anime, as announced on July 14, 2026. A teaser website, promotional video, and visual were released alongside the announcement. The series, originally titled Toratsugumi in Japan, follows a soldier named Leon who is falsely imprisoned and sent on a suicide mission to recover a dangerous weapon called Tsugumi from a radiation-ravaged Japan overrun by mutated monsters. The manga debuted in France in 2019 through Ki-oon, where it became a hit, before being serialized in Japan in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine starting in January 2021. It concluded in September 2023 with a total of seven compiled volumes, the last of which was published in Japan in November 2023 and in English by Kodansha USA in September 2025. Creator ippatu expressed surprise and gratitude in a comment released with the announcement. To commemorate the adaptation, two volumes of the manga are available for free on YanMaga Web from July 14 to July 20.