The post-apocalyptic survival manga is finally making the jump to television.
Tsugumi Project, the television anime adaptation of ippatu's post-apocalyptic action manga, has officially been announced.
The announcement was accompanied by the anime's first teaser trailer and teaser visual. A release window, staff, cast, animation studio, and streaming platform have yet to be revealed.
The teaser trailer:
The teaser visual:
Tsugumi Project
Premiere date: TBA
Animation studio: TBA
Streaming platform: TBA
What is "Tsugumi Project" about?
Tsugumi Project is based on the manga by ippatu. The series was first published in France by Ki-oon in 2019 before being serialized in Japan in Weekly Young Magazine from 2021 to 2023, concluding with seven tankobon volumes.
In 2022, Kodansha USA licensed the series for English publication. In the same year, the series ranked number 20 in Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the top manga for male readers list.
According to Kodansha USA, the story is as follows:
IIn the far future, a soldier named Leon is taken from his family on a trumped-up charge and dropped into a suicide mission: Recover a dangerous weapon from a deadly place — a place ruled by huge, irradiated, mutated monsters — a place once known, 200 years ago, as Japan. He and his teammates aren't expected to survive this place. One of the scant pieces of information they have is the weapon's name: Tsugumi.