A new trailer for the TV anime adaptation of Kappi and nifuni’s Eren the Southpaw (Hidarikiki no Eren) manga has revealed the anime’s opening and ending theme songs. ALI performs the opening theme song “Funkin’ Beautiful feat. ZORN,” and Ima Murasaki performs the ending theme song “New Walk.”
What’s more, a new serialization for the Eren the Southpaw manga is now underway on Shonen Jump+, with its story set in 2026 with a new “competition” in the Meguro Advertising Agency. A new 25th compiled book volume will release on May 1 in Japan.
The Eren the Southpaw anime premieres on April 7 on TV Tokyo, and the anime’s first three episodes will receive a one-week limited early screening on March 27.
The cast members include:
- Shōya Chiba as Koichi Asakura
- Yumi Uchiyama as Eren Yamagishi
- Yui Ishikawa as Sayuri Katō
- Akira Sekine as Akari Kishi
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Yūsuke Kamiya
- Yurina Amami as Yurina Mitsuhashi
- Kōji Yusa as Hajime Yanagi
Toshimasa Suzuki is directing the anime at Signal.MD and Production I.G. Taku Kishimoto is handling the series scripts, while Takayuki Gotō is the animation character designer. Yuka Fukuchi and Akane Tamai are designing the characters and are also the chief animation directors.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Key Artist: Mitsuko Sekimoto
- Art Director: Takeshi Satō
- Art Setting: Kazuhiro Obata
- Compositing Director of Photography: Shun Arimura
- Editing: Jun’ichi Masunaga
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Music: PC Music Club
Kappi’s Eren the Southpaw manga first debuted on the Cake’s web manga service in March 2016. Kappi then launched a remake with art by Nifuni on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ service in October 2017. The manga ended on October 8, 2022, and received an extra chapter in December 2022. The manga’s 23rd and 24th compiled book volumes were also published by Shueisha that December.
Lastly, here’s a description of the series, via the official website:
Halfway through high school, everyone is starting to seriously consider their future career paths. Koichi Asakura, who is aiming to enter an art college to become a designer, is shocked one day by graffiti scrawled on the wall of an art museum.
The artist is Yamagishi Ellen, a left-handed high school girl who has suppressed her talent since a certain incident . Before long, the two come to recognize each other through “drawing,” and Koichi sets out on the path to becoming a designer, while Ellen sets out on the path to becoming a painter.
