The series has also released its main visual.
It was announced back in March that the “Hirayasumi” manga’s anime adaptation will air in January 2027. In a new trailer, the series revealed its main cast. The anime is based on Keigo Shinzō’s critically acclaimed manga series of the same name.
Hirayasumi
Premiere window: January 2027
Animation studio: Production +h
Streaming platform: TBA
What do we know about the Hirayasumi anime so far?
The main cast of the anime includes:
- Yūma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta
- Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi
- Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada
Kei Suwezawa directs the anime at Production +h. He is also handling the series scripts and composition. Naoyuki Asano designs the characters, while Mika Nishimura is the art director. Kaori Sawasa is the soundtrack composer for the show.
The series will air sometime in January 2027. Viz Media is also planning an English release sometime in 2027.
Ahead of the release, the first episode of the anime will receive its world premiere at Japan Society's location in New York City on 7 October. The screening event is being held by Viz Media and Japan Society.
What is Hiayasumi about?
The anime is based on Keigo Shinzō’s manga, which began serialisation in Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in April 2021. The series won the Tokyo News Services' TV Bros magazine Bros. Comic Award in 2021, and also co-won the 71st Shogakukan Manga Award in 2026.
It was also nominated for The Best Manga 2022 Kono Manga wo Yome! award by Freestyle Magazine, and ranked sixth on the Publisher Comics' Recommended Comics of 2022. It was nominated for the 15th Manga Taishō in 2022 and was placed third. It received another nomination for the same award in 2024 and placed ninth. In 2023, it was nominated for the prestigious Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
The critically-acclaimed manga received a live-action adaptation, which aired from November to December 2025.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English and describes the story as:
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 who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.
After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old woman who lives in his neighbourhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin, Natsumi, moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.