The anime will air in July 2026.
It was previously announced that the upcoming anime “Kore Kaite Shine” (Draw This, Then Die!), based on Minoru Toyoda’s manga, will air in July 2026. In the most recent update, the anime revealed its main cast in a new visual. Moreover, the production staff of the project was also confirmed.
Kore Kaite Shine cast, staff, and other details
The five main cast members of Kore Kaite Shine are:
- Akira Sekine as Ai Yasumi
- Saori Hayami as Rei Teshima
- Saya Hitomi as Kokoro Fujimori
- Kanon Fujimura as Sachi Okafuku
- Inori Minase as Hikaru Sekiryu
It was previously announced that Hiroaki Akagi will direct the series at Shin-Ei Animation. It has now been confirmed that Hiroki Fukuda will handle the series composition, with scripts written by Aki Itami and Kanichi Kato. Takekazu Segawa is designing the characters, while Hiroaki Tsutumi composes the music at Miracle Bus.
The anime is based on Minoru Toyoda’s Kore Kaite Shine manga, which won the 16th Manga Taisho award in 2023, and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2025. The series began publishing in 2021 in Shogakukan’s Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine. It has eight volumes so far. Seven Seas Entertainment is set to publish the manga volumes in English and describe the story as:
Ai Yasumi, a first-year high schooler living on the remote island of Izu Ōshima, has one obsession: manga. When she discovers that her long-idolized but reclusive favorite manga creator, Hoshino-sensei, will make a rare appearance at Comitia, Ai doesn’t hesitate—she has to meet her hero. But that single decision sets off a chain of encounters that will shatter her assumptions about art, genius, and what it truly means to create.