The Magic Knight Rayearth (Mahou Kishi Rayearth) Red Stage at AnimeJapan 2026 revealed the main cast, staff, teaser promotional video, and a key visual (pictured) on Saturday. The anime adapting CLAMP's mahou shoujo manga is scheduled to premiere on TV Asahi's "IMAnimation W" frame at 11.45 p.m. in October 2026.

Cast
Hikaru Shidou: Ayane Sakura (Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu)
Fuu Hououji: Rie Takahashi ([Oshi no Ko])
Umi Ryuuzaki: Rumi Ookubo (Mayonaka Heart Tune)

Staff
Director: Yui Umemoto (Ninja Kamui)
Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi (Apocalypse Hotel)
Character Design: Satomi Watanabe (Aikatsu!)
Music: Yuki Kajiura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica), Takumi Ozawa (Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden), Shiho Terada (Inazuma Eleven Go)
Planning, Production: Unlimited Produce by TMS
Studio: E&H Production

CLAMP serialized the manga in Nakayoshi magazine from November 1993 to February 1995. A sequel manga began in the same month and ended in March 1996.

Tokyopop licensed both manga in 1997, followed by Dark Horse Comics in 2009, and then Kodansha USA in 2019 with two hard-cover box sets containing three volumes each.

Teaser PV


Source: Comic Natalie