The Long Summer of August 31st Gets TV Anime and Drama Adaptations
A double visual adaptation with Shaft on animation signals a major push for a relatively new Morning series, pairing a TV anime with a live-action drama from the announcement stage.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime Anime.
The manga The Long Summer of August 31st will receive both a TV anime and a TV drama adaptation. Shaft, known for Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the Monogatari series, handles the anime's animation production. The manga by Itou Hitokado has run in Kodansha's Morning since March 2023 and reached volume 13 as of August 2026.
Shaft, the studio behind Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the Monogatari series, will produce the anime side of a double adaptation. The manga, drawn by Itou Hitokado, follows Suzuki-kun and Takagi-san, high school students who meet on an endlessly repeating August 31st and carry their memories across each loop.
The announcement landed on August 31st, matching the story's setting. Kodansha's Comic Days site posted a limited episode readable only that day and offered four volumes free for one week to mark the adaptations. The manga has been serialized in Morning since March 2023 and is up to volume 13.
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- Anime Anime 「8月31日のロングサマー」W映像化が決定！TVアニメは「まどマギ」シャフトが制作