The Yomiuri TV panel at Anime Expo 2025 announced on Saturday that an anime adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's Shuiro no Kamen (The Vermilion Mask) manga is currently in production. The panel also revealed the main staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and an announcement promo.

Staff
Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe (Blue Lock)
Assistant Director: Kai Hasako (Maou 2099 chief director)
Series Composition: Daisuke Oohigashi (Noblesse script)
Story Composition: Dr.Poro, Nabana Naba
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Hisashi Higashijima (Mashle)
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Gou (Kaijuu 8-gou)
Music: Alisa Okehazama (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
Studio: 100studio

Dr.Poro and Naba began serializing the action fantasy manga in Young King OURs magazine in February 2021. Shounen Gahousha published the seventh volume in December 2024, with the eighth volume scheduled to go on sale on July 7. emaqi publishes the manga digitally in English.

Synopsis
The mask brings calamity. The mask revels in slaughter. The mask has a will of its own... Pelle, a traveling mask merchant, possesses the ability to craft mysterious masks that give its wearers unique powers. In a city shrouded in an eerie atmosphere, he encounters Sonah, a mysterious young girl. As revelations unfold and inner conflicts arise, a young boy takes his first steps forward! Immerse yourself in a thrilling mask battle fantasy! (Source: Orange Inc.)

Announcement


Official site: https://the-vermilion-mask.com/
Official X: @vermilion_PR

Source: Comic Natalie

Shuiro no Kamen on MAL