A newly launched website has announced a TV anime adaptation of Kyouko Hikawa’s From Far Away (Kanata Kara) shōjo manga will premiere in 2026. A new promotional video for From Far Away was released, confirming that Bleach director Noriyuki Abe will be directing the new anime. The anime announcement celebrates the manga’s 35th anniversary, which was accompanied by an illustration by Hikawa.
The From Far Away manga ran from 1991 to 2002 in Hakusensha’s LaLa magazine. Hakusensha published the manga’s 14th and final compiled book volume in 2003. The Bunko edition of the manga was published in seven volumes from 2004 to 2005. VIZ Media publishes the manga in English.
Here’s a story synopsis, via VIZ Media:
On her way home from school one day, Noriko is unexpectedly plunged into a strange and extraordinary fantasy world. Her troubles compound exponentially when she is rescued and befriended by a handsome young man by the name of Izark.
He may be brave and courageous, but inside Izark lurks the darkest evil imaginable. And according to an ancient prophecy, Noriko possesses the power to unleash that evil. Now, inexorably bound together, these two unlikely allies must navigate a world both wondrous and hostile.
