The series airs on 4 April, 2026.
The upcoming rakugo anime “Akane-banashi” had previously revealed its 4 April premiere date. In a recent update, the English version of the show’s X (formerly Twitter) account unveiled the global streaming platforms the series will stream on.
Akane-banashi
Premiere date: 4 April, 2026
Studio: Zexcs
Manga author: Yuki Suenaga
Manga illustrator: Takamasa Moue
Where can you stream the Akane-banashi anime?
According to the official post, the anime’s global streaming details are:
- Netflix (Outside of Asia: from May)
- Official ‘Akane-banashi Global’ YouTube (North and South America)
- Ani-One YouTube channel (Asia except China and South Korea)
- aniverse (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
- Aniplus Channel, Laftel (Korea)
- playmax.mn, Star TV (Mongolia)
- ANiME GENERATION (Italy)
- Bahamut (Hong Kong, Macau)
- TrueID (Thailand)
- Anime Box (Spain)
- Bahamut, LiTV & Ofiii, Line TV, MyVideo, Catchplay, friDay, ChungHwa Telecom MOD & Hami Video (Taiwan)
- Catchplay (Indonesia)
- ADN (France, Monaco, Andorra, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg)
The series begins streaming on Saturday, 4 April, 2026.
Who are the cast members of Akane-banashi?
The anime’s cast includes:
- Anna Nagase as Akane Osaki
- Takuya Eguchi as Karashi Nerimaya
- Rie Takahashi as Hikaru Koragi
- Jun Fukuyama as Shinta Arakawa (Tohru Osaki)
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Maikeru Arakawa
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Koguma Arakawa
- Yohei Azakami as Kyoji Arakawa
- Seiichiro Yamashita as Guriko Arakawa
- Masaki Terasoma as Shiguma Arakawa
- Akio Otsuka as Issho Arakawa
Who are the production staff members of Akane-banashi?
Ayumu Watanabe directs the series at Zexcs, with Yū Harima as assistant director. Michihiro Tsuchiya handles series composition while Kii Tanaka is the character designer and chief animation director. Akio Izutsu (Akuma Kun) is the music composer with Kikuhiko Hayashiya as the Rakugo supervisor.
What is Akane-banashi about?
The anime is based on the popular manga series written by Yuki Suenaga and illustrated by Takamasa Moue. It started serialising in February 2022 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, with 20 tankōbon volumes out so far.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English and describes the story as:
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!
Where can I read the Akane-banashi manga?
The series is available to read in English digitally on the Manga Plus and Viz Media platforms.
When does the Akane-banashi anime start?
The Akane-banashi anime begins global streaming on 4 April, 2026.