A new promotional video for the new two-part TV special for the anime adaptation of Edelweiss’ Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin game, titled Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – Kokorowa’s Rice Farming Journal, revealed a new cast member and the main staff members. Renowned voice actress Asami Imai will voice Uketa Hime, Kokorowa’s rival, in the new Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin two-part special.
The new Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin anime special will premiere on February 15 and February 22 on TV Tokyo and five other channels.
Masayuki Yoshihara directs the special at P.A. Works. Naomi Ōzora and Rika Kinugawa reprise their roles as Sakuna and Kokorowa, respectively. Keigo Koyanagi wrote the scripts, Ayako Kurome is the color key artist, and Mayumi Miyaoka handles art setting.
Additional staff members include:
- Original Character Design: Ryōta Murayama
- Character Design: Mio Fujishima
- Chief Animation Director: Sayo Mizuno
- Art Director: Tamako Kamiyama
- 3D Director: Motonari Ichikawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki
- Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – Kokorowa’s Rice Farming Journal is based on Keiji Andō’s spinoff novel for the game, and the anime special focuses on Sakuna’s best friend and genius inventor Princess Kokorowa. She joins Sakuna on Hinoe Island and takes up rice farming following an incident.
Edelweiss is also currently developing Sakuna Chronicles: Kokorowa and the Gears of Creation and free-to-play “rice cultivation simulation x exploration battle RPG” Sakuna Hinuka Junreitan, with the latter launching in February 2026 for Android and iOS in Japan. A Steam version (region-locked to Japan) will launch at a later date. The new mobile game will feature characters from the original Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin game and the anime adaptation, along with original characters like protagonist Hinuka.
