Earlier today, a new website was launched for the upcoming anime adaptation of Yuhiro Tsujitsugu’s Snowball Earth manga, which is scheduled to air in 2026. The website featured an announcement video, accompanied by a teaser visual showcasing staff details.
Check out the video below:
To celebrate the announcement, Tsujitsugu released a commemorative drawing:
The staff of the anime includes:
- Director: Munehisa Sakai
- Production: Studio KAI
- Assistant Director: Takeshi Iwata
- Series Scripts: Shigeru Murakoshi
- Chief Animation Director and Character Design: Toshiya Kōno
- Assistant Production: Toho Animation
Yuhiro Tsujitsugu launched the Snowball Earth manga in Shogakukan’s Monthly Spirits magazine in 2021. Shogakukan will publish the ninth compiled book volume of the manga on July 30. VIZ Media will publish the manga’s sixth volume in English in August.
Lastly, VIZ Media licenses the manga in English and describes the story:
Yukio was destroyed in battle and Tetsuo survived in an escape pod. After eight years in cold sleep, the escape pod finally lands back on Earth. But when Tetsuo emerges he finds a world in ruins, entirely frozen beneath a blanket of ice and snow—snowball Earth! What happened to humanity, how did the planet freeze over, and will Tetsuo be able to keep his last promise to Yukio?
