The Akane-banashi presentation at Jump Festa 2026's Jump Super Stage revealed additional cast, staff, a key visual (pictured right), and first promotional video for the television anime on Sunday. The anime series adapting Yuuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue's drama performance arts manga will air on TV Asahi's IMAnimation programming block and BS Asahi in April 2026.

Cast
Tooru Ousaki: Jun Fukuyama (Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri)
Koguma Arakawa: Chiaki Kobayashi (Mashle)
Guriko Arakawa: Seiichirou Yamashita (Shoushimin Series)
Kyouji Arakawa: Youhei Azakami (Tsurune: Tsunagari no Issha)
Maikeru Arakawa: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Boukyaku Battery)

Staff
Sub-character Design: Yasunari Nitta (Shadowverse)
Chief Animation Director: Yasunari Nitta, Hisashi Kagawa (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020))
Clothing Design: Noriko Shimazawa (Fune wo Amu)
Prop Design: Yoshinori Iwanaga (Kowloon Generic Romance)
Art Design: Shuuhei Tada (Beastars)
Art Director: Takumi Oda (Apocalypse Hotel background art)
Color Design: Saori Gouda (Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen)
Director of Photography: Yuuta Nakamura (Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka)
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose (Dandadan)
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Konuma (Gimai Seikatsu)
Rakugo Supervisor: Kikuhiko Hayashiya

Ayumu Watanabe (Summertime Render) is directing the anime at Zexcs, with assistant director Yuu Harima (Cop Craft). Michihiro Tsuchiya (Cross Game) is handling the series composition. Kii Tanaka (Zom 100) is designing the characters and also handling the chief animation director. Akio Izutsu (Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle) is composing the music.

Suenaga and Moue began serializing the rakugo-themed drama manga in Weekly Shounen Jump in February 2022. Shueisha published the 19th volume on November 4, with the 20th volume planned for a January 5, 2026 release.

VIZ Media simulpublishes the manga in English and released the 14th volume on November 4. The 15th volume is set to be released on March 10, 2026. Shueisha's Manga Plus website also simulpublishes the manga in English, Spanish, Thai, and French.

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Source: Comic Natalie