Just in from Jump Festa 2026, it has been announced that the TV Anime Akane Banashi, created by writer Yūki Suenaga (story) and artist Takamasa Moue, will debut in April 2026. Along with the debut month, a new voice cast, trailer and key visual have been released at Jump Festa 2026. Studio ZEXCS will be producing the anime.
Akane-Banashi Key Visual:
Akane-Banashi Trailer
The New staff includes:
- Jun Fukuyama as Shinta Arakawa
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Maikeru Arakawa
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Koguma Arakawa
- Yohei Azakami as Kyoji Arakawa
- Seiichiro Yamashita as Guriko Arakawa
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
- Anna Nagase as Akane Sakurazaka
- Takuya Eguchi as Karashi Nerimaya
- Rie Takahashi as Hikaru Koragi
About Akane-Banashi
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 serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump since February 2022 and has 19 collected volumes as of November 2025.
Viz Media describes 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: Official Website
