Akane-banashi is officially getting an anime adaptation in 2026, as announced today during a Shonen Jump Press livestream on YouTube. Studio ZEXCS will handle the animation production, with Ayumu Watanabe as the director. The main voice cast includes:
- Anna Nagase as Akane Sakurazaka
- Takuya Eguchi as Karashi Nerimaya
- Rie Takahashi as Hikaru Koragi
You can watch the first teaser trailer below.
The full staff includes:
- Director: Ayumu Watanabe
- Co-Director: Yu Harima
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Ki Tanaka
- Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya
- Music: Akio Izutsu
- Rakugo Supervision: Kikuyo Hayashiya
- Animation Production: ZEXCS
Also check out the first teaser visual below.
Akane-banashi is a manga series written by Yuki Suenaga and illustrated by Takamasa Moue. The series also features rakugo supervision by professional performer Kikuhiko Hayashiya. The manga has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since February 2022 and has 17 collected volumes as of June 2025. Viz Media publishes the series in English, describing the story:
Akane unintentionally stirs up a scandal when she’s discovered taking informal lessons from her father’s former teacher, Shiguma Arakawa. And she’s about to make even bigger waves because she is about to begin her first steps in climbing the ranks of a rakugo performer from zenza opening act to shin’uchi headliner is exchanging her secret lessons for formal training. But she’ll still have to finish high school and navigate her relationship with Shiguma’s existing apprentices, all while learning that becoming a stellar rakugoka takes much more than just being good at performing!
Source: Shonen Jump Livestream
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