The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kyuu Takahata and Yuuji Kaba‘s Kakunaru Ue wa (Now That We Draw) manga revealed additional staff, a character visual (pictured above), and the first promotional video on Thursday. The anime series will premiere in January 2027.
Staff
Sub-character Design: Momoka Izumi (Yofukashi no Uta animation director)
Color Design: Yurie Matsuura (Koi wa Futago de Warikirenai)
Art Director: Arei Saiga (Kabushikigaisha Magi-Lumière background art)
Director of Photography: Hayato Kifune (EOTA) (Nippon Sangoku)
3DCG: Masashi Watanabe (Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku)
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (editz) (Blue Lock)
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Gou (Tomodachi no Imouto ga Ore ni dake Uzai)
Sound Effects: Ryuuta Nakahara (Jingai Kyoushitsu no Ningengirai Kyoushi)
Music: Yoshiaki Miura
Shunsuke Ishikawa (Blue Lock: Episode Nagi) is directing the anime at ROLL2, with Deko Akao (Witch Watch) handling the series composition and script. Hiromi Nakagawa (Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi) is designing the characters.
Takahata and Kaba began serializing the romantic comedy manga in Young Animal in February 2023. Hakusensha published the seventh volume on April 28, with the eighth volume scheduled to be released on September 29.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for English release in September 2024 and published the fifth volume on July 28, with the sixth volume planned for a December 22 release.
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Source: PR Times
