The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Dr. Poro and Nabana Naba’s The Vermilion Mask manga series confirmed the anime’s October 2026 premiere and two-part run. A new trailer and key visual for The Vermilion Mask were also released alongside anime character visuals for Peru, Mok, and Sonarue, giving fans a preview before the October run begins.
Tetsuaki Watanabe directs The Vermilion Mask at anime studio 100Studio (WOW Studio). Gai Hazako is the assistant director, Daisuke Ōhigashi is in charge of series composition, and Hisashi Higashijima is the character designer. Fumiyuki Go is the sound director, and Arisa Okehazama is the music composer.
Here’s an overview of the anime series:
“The Mask” gives power to anyone who wears it. At times, that means endless possibility, or unimaginable tragedy…
Peru, pupil of the legendary mask maker Gaston Roux, becomes controlled by the “Mask of the Warrior God,” and unintentionally kills his friends, and even his own master.
In order to prevent this type of tragedy from reoccurring, Peru swears to destroy all of Gaston’s masks that are spread around the world. Confronting the sins that he has committed, he embarks on his voyage. Meeting new friends, then confronting powerful foes. The boy continues on. Until the day he can atone for his sins against his master.
Resist.
Your enemies.
Your fate.
Your regrets.
Dr. Poro and Naba launched the manga series in Shonengahosha’s Young King Ours magazine in February 2021. Shonengahosha publishes the manga in print. Orange’s emaqi e-bookstore platform publishes The Vermilion Mask in English, and volumes 1-3 of the original manga can be read for free on COMIC Y-OURS now. Fans can keep up with updates on The Vermillion Mask TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) accounts.
