The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Keigo Shinzō’s Hirayasumi manga has announced five more cast members for the series.
The new cast members include:
- Daisuke Namikawa as Hideki Noguchi
- Yōko Hikasa as Yomogi Tachibana
- Yume Miyamoto as Akari Yokoyama
- Yūichirō Umehara as Ryō Ishikawa
- Yūko Naitō as the narrator
Hirayasumi will premiere in January 2027 on the NHK General channel in Japan, and VIZ Media confirmed that there will be an English release next year.
Kei Suezawa directs the hirayasumi anime at Production +h. Naoyuki Asano designs the characters, Mika Nishimura is the art director, and Kaori Sawada is composing the music.
The main cast includes:
- Yūma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta
- Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi
- Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada
Shinzō launched the Hirayasumi manga in Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in April 2021, and Shogakukan published the manga’s tenth compiled book volume on April 30. The series surpassed 1.1 million copies in circulation. VIZ Media licensed the manga and began to publish it in English in May 2024.
Lastly, here’s a story synopsis, via VIZ Media:
At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people around him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.
