Akane-banashi

The series belongs to the shonen manga category, but its core subject is rakugo, the traditional Japanese art of one-person comic storytelling.

Its heroine fights with voice, timing, emotion, and stagecraft rather than fists, giving the work the feel of a performance battle story.

The manga is supervised on rakugo matters by Kikuhiko Hayashiya, formerly known as Keiki Hayashiya until his name change in March 2025.

As of April 3, 2026, the manga had reached 21 collected volumes.

By January 2026, the series had surpassed 3 million copies in circulation.

Its success led to stage events, voice comics, music collaborations, and a full television anime.

Akane-banashi began serialization in *Weekly Shonen Jump* in issue 11 of 2022, released on February 14, 2022.

A promotional video was released to mark the launch.

The first collected volume went on sale in June 2022.

To celebrate, the Jump Channel on YouTube released a voice comic featuring family banter and a partial performance of the classic rakugo story *Shibahama* by Kappei Yamaguchi.

Rakugo supervision came from Keiki Hayashiya, later Kikuhiko Hayashiya.

He has explained that his involvement grew out of his online discussions about rakugo references in *One Piece*, which led to requests from the editorial department and eventually to this series.

On August 4, 2025, a television anime adaptation was officially announced.

The anime premiered on April 4, 2026.

The story follows Akane Ousaki, a girl who idolizes her father, a rakugo performer.

When he is suddenly expelled during a promotion test, his dream collapses, and Akane vows to enter the profession, master the art, and reach the rank of master performer herself.

The series frames rakugo as a fierce arena of skill.

Every performance becomes a clash of style, interpretation, psychology, and personal history.

Writer Yuki Suenaga has described the work as a kind of battle manga built around acting theory.

He has also said that he approached it with the spirit of a sports story.

Apprentice Period

As a child, Akane Ousaki supports her father Tooru Ousaki, whose stage name is Shinta Arakawa.

He is a struggling rakugo performer who is suddenly expelled by the powerful school leader Isshou Arakawa during a master promotion test.

Tooru gives up rakugo and becomes a salaried worker.

Unable to accept that humiliation, Akane asks her father’s teacher Shiguma Arakawa to train her, and she studies privately for six years.

In her final year of high school, she performs her first substitute appearance on stage.

That experience strengthens her desire to enter the profession for real.

Apprentice Assistant Arc

After graduation, Akane is formally allowed to become a disciple.

She first accompanies her senior Kyouji Arakawa and learns that rakugo is not only about performance but also about awareness, consideration, and backstage discipline.

Working at an izakaya called Umi, she learns the essential skill of reading people and reacting appropriately.

That lesson becomes one of the foundations of her art.

Karaku Cup Arc

Akane learns of a student rakugo competition called the Karaku Cup, where the winner gets to meet Isshou Arakawa.

She enters in hopes of uncovering the truth behind her father’s expulsion.

Her teacher gives her a difficult condition: she must aim to win using the classic piece *Jugemu*.

With help from her senior Koguma Arakawa, she studies the material intensely.

At the tournament she faces formidable rivals such as the gifted student rakugo star Karashi Nerimaya and the voice actress Hikaru Koragi.

The arc establishes rakugo as a field where charisma, adaptation, and nerve matter as much as technical skill.

Front-seat Apprentice Arc

After high school, Akane officially joins Shiguma’s family and receives the stage name Akane Arakawa.

She begins full apprentice work in the vaudeville theater Yaeitei, where she must handle chores, etiquette, and endless pressure.

Because she drew attention before even joining professionally, many in the community watch her with suspicion.

Her daily life becomes a trial by fire.

Tea Serving Arc

Akane studies stories while doing backstage work, but she catches the attention of an older performer famous for bullying newcomers.

After a confrontation involving tea service, she retaliates using her opening performance, which creates rumors and isolates her backstage.

She later gets another chance to perform as the opener at a gathering hosted by the popular second-rank performer Rokurou Kashiwaya.

At the same time, the legendary female performer Urara Ransaika tests her by teaching her the courtesan story *Ochakumi*.

Akane struggles with portraying a courtesan convincingly.

This arc sharpens her awareness of gendered performance, sensuality, and role embodiment.

Front-seat Training Tournament and Substituted Eyes Arc

A school-wide apprentice evaluation is announced by Kaisei Arakawa.

The winner will gain a valuable performance slot and a major step toward future promotion.

Talented competitors gather, including Kaichi Arakawa, a former salesman, and Hikaru Arakawa, the new stage name of Hikaru Koragi after entering the profession.

The competition becomes intense and highly strategic.

As Akane advances, she searches for her identity as a performer.

She chooses *Kawarime*, a story associated with her father, and trains under Maikeru Arakawa.

During the performance, she confronts her own attachment to her father’s style.

By accepting both his strengths and weaknesses, she begins to move beyond imitation.

Shikisai Festival Arc

At a local festival tied to Shiguma’s neighborhood, Akane and her fellow disciples run food stalls and compete in sales.

Shiguma notices that Akane is still carrying emotional baggage from the previous evaluation and offers her guidance.

Promotion Recommendation and Tanisai Arc

Akane loses a clear route to promotion, but a flyer brought by the senior performer Asagao Konjaku-tei opens a new possibility.

The only person who might recommend her is Taizen Arakawa, one of the four pillars of the Arakawa school.

With help from Asagao, Akane and Karashi get connected to Chouchou Konjaku-tei, a star performer with old ties to Tooru and Taizen.

They join efforts around Asagao’s study meeting, aiming to sell out the event.

Akane is chosen to perform the opening act at Asagao’s promotion event.

She takes on the story *Tanisai* in a performance that could decide her future.

Maikeru’s Master Promotion Exam

For the first time since the expulsion scandal, a master promotion exam is held.

Maikeru Arakawa takes the stage under terrible conditions, including sabotage from Zensho Arakawa and an audience hungry for scandal rather than art.

He performs while carrying the hopes of his teacher and junior disciples.

The arc resolves long-standing tensions inside Shiguma’s group.

Shiguma Solo Performance

At Shiguma’s annual solo event, Akane is selected to handle the opening act.

As her final major duty before promotion, she aims to show her teacher how much she has grown.

Collapse of Shiguma’s Family

After the solo event, Shiguma reveals the true reason behind Tooru’s expulsion.

Akane resolves to inherit what is called Shiguma’s art and force Isshou to acknowledge it.

Then the story takes a dramatic turn.

Shiguma falls seriously ill, and Isshou orders the dissolution of Shiguma’s family while taking Akane under his own supervision.

Arakawa School Past Arc

A long flashback explores the youth of Isshou and Shiguma in 1964 Shinjuku.

Once rough young men and sworn brothers, they were saved by the rakugo performer Kiroku Kashiwaya, later known as the previous Shiguma.

Inspired by his performance, they became his disciples under the names Kisoba Kashiwaya and Rokuen Kashiwaya.

However, their path was blocked by the rigid traditions of the old Kashiwaya school.

When Kiroku was offered succession to a prestigious name in exchange for expelling them, he refused.

Instead he put Kisoba on stage, and all three were expelled, leading to the creation of the Arakawa school.

Second-rank Performer Arc

Three years after the collapse of Shiguma’s family, Akane reappears in Paris.

Under Isshou’s command, she has spent three years training in France and returns with expanded expressive power.

Her comeback stage marks the true beginning of her next battle.

She now seeks to inherit Shiguma’s art on a larger and more dangerous stage.

Zuiun Grand Prize Arc

A newly established competition for second-rank performers becomes Akane’s next target.

She wants to win recognition from Shoumei Tsubakiya, one of the judges, so that she can learn one of the three key stories necessary for inheriting Shiguma’s art: *Shinigami*.

Karashi and Hikaru, now also promoted, gather as rivals again.

Akane struggles with Isshou’s harsh command to win without relying on straightforward laughter and with Shoumei’s worldview as a perfectionist of structure.

Akane Ousaki

Akane Ousaki, later Akane Arakawa, is the protagonist.

At the beginning she is a seventeen-year-old high school student determined to become a rakugo performer.

She deeply admired her father and could not forgive the humiliation he suffered.

That anger becomes the spark for a career, but over time her motivation grows into something wider and more personal.

Because she secretly observed her father’s private practice and trained under Shiguma for six years, she starts far above the average beginner in technical skill.

She is relentless, proactive, and willing to seek guidance from anyone who can help her improve.

Her developing style eventually becomes known as Rakugo Verse, a free and improvisational approach that blends elements from multiple stories.

She grows through hardship not only as a performer, but as a person.

In the television anime, she is voiced by Anna Nagase.

In the earlier voice comic, she was voiced by Akane Yamaguchi.

Tooru Ousaki

Tooru Ousaki, whose stage name was Shinta Arakawa, is Akane’s father.

He was Shiguma’s first disciple and a skilled performer known for careful character acting.

Even after thirteen years in the profession, he had failed to break through and was performing in small live houses.

During a master promotion test, he gave a moving rendition of *Shibahama*, only to be expelled along with all other candidates by Isshou.

Afterward he leaves rakugo and takes a job in concrete distribution.

Even so, he quietly supports Akane’s decision to study under Shiguma.

He has a distinctive hairstyle and round glasses.

The creator has said his visual design was inspired by a real rakugo performer.

In the anime, he is voiced by Jun Fukuyama.

In the voice comic, he was voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi.

Masaki Ousaki

Masaki Ousaki is Akane’s mother.

She supports the family as a hairstylist and has a direct, strong-willed personality.

Although she knows about Akane’s secret training under Shiguma, she is not truly comfortable with her daughter entering the same harsh world that crushed Tooru.

Still, she understands Akane’s stubborn nature and ultimately sends her on her way.

The Arakawa school is a reformist rakugo faction known for its strict meritocracy and unconventional promotion rules.

Its current leader is Isshou Arakawa, and beneath him stand the so-called Four Heavenly Kings of Arakawa.

The school was founded after Kiroku Kashiwaya, later the fifth Shiguma Arakawa, was expelled from the old Kashiwaya lineage together with his disciples.

This history gives the school a built-in tension between rebellion and tradition.

Isshou Arakawa

Isshou Arakawa is the head of the Arakawa school and one of the most formidable performers in the story.

He is feared for expelling Tooru and the other candidates during the infamous promotion exam.

He believes the rakugo world has become stale and too bound by seniority.

To him, only strength of art deserves advancement.

He argues that a performer who invites pity cannot stand as a true master.

That philosophy shapes all his cruel decisions.

Although many in the industry see him as extreme, Shiguma describes him as stubborn, selfish, and yet utterly honest when it comes to rakugo.

The author has said that Isshou was modeled in part on a historically great rakugo master.

In the anime, he is voiced by Akio Ootsuka.

Shiguma Arakawa

Shiguma Arakawa is Akane’s teacher and the number two figure in the Arakawa school.

He is famous for emotional storytelling and is nicknamed the crying Shiguma.

Unlike Isshou, he is a moderate who helps maintain ties with the Rakugo Association.

After failing to protect Tooru, he stops taking disciples for a time, but Akane’s determination changes his mind.

He trains her privately for six years, first out of guilt and later out of genuine faith in her future.

His performances are so absorbing that one famous anecdote says the audience once ignored a fire alarm rather than leave during his act.

Later he reveals to Akane the existence of Shiguma’s art, a kind of unfinished artistic inheritance passed down from the previous Shiguma.

Soon after, he collapses from serious illness, and examinations reveal stage two throat cancer.

In the anime, he is voiced by Masaki Terasoma.

Kaisei Arakawa

Kaisei Arakawa is Isshou’s disciple and a strikingly handsome young performer.

He is one of the very few disciples whom Isshou promoted to second rank after the expulsion scandal.

His weapon is sensuality.

He can portray alluring women, foolish men, and terrifying emotions with equal skill.

He noticed Akane’s talent from her substitute first performance and tried to recruit her into Isshou’s branch.

He comes from a poor single-parent household and owes deep gratitude to Isshou, which fuels both his loyalty and ambition.

In the anime, he is voiced by Shiono Akihisa.

Kyouji Arakawa

Kyouji Arakawa is one of Shiguma’s disciples and a second-rank performer.

He is serious, rule-minded, reliable, and known as the family’s strict enforcer.

His rakugo style leans into his own stern personality, creating humor through the contrast between absurd stories and dead-serious delivery.

He also serves as Akane’s practical guide in her early apprenticeship.

In the anime, he is voiced by Youhei Azakami.

Koguma Arakawa

Koguma Arakawa is an older second-rank performer in Shiguma’s family.

Outside the stage he is anxious, shy, and deeply uncomfortable with people.

On stage, however, he transforms completely.

He is an intellectual performer, a former elite university student who researches settings, customs, and historical details to build persuasive storytelling.

He also revives forgotten old stories through painstaking study.

His approach makes him one of the most distinctive classic-focused performers in the series.

In the anime, he is voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi.

Guriko Arakawa

Guriko Arakawa is Shiguma’s disciple and Akane’s immediate senior.

He is clumsy, endearing, and often wears clothes marked with the word “careless,” which suits him perfectly.

After seeing Akane’s growth, he becomes painfully aware of the gap between them.

He eventually goes to Osaka for further training under a performer from the Kamigata tradition.

In the anime, he is voiced by Seiichirou Yamashita.

Maikeru Arakawa

Maikeru Arakawa is one of the most accomplished second-rank performers in Shiguma’s group and later advances to master rank.

He is stylish, flirtatious, theatrically trained, and gifted in musical and variety skills.

He values giving audiences what they want over showcasing personal indulgence.

His flowing, song-like delivery is one of his trademarks.

Despite his easygoing surface, he carries heavy loyalty toward Tooru and the family.

After Tooru’s expulsion, he dyes his former blond hair black and chooses to act as the responsible eldest disciple.

He mentors Akane during the *Kawarime* arc and introduces his own framework for classifying performers and stories.

His promotion exam becomes one of the emotional peaks of the series.

In the anime, he is voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki.

Kaichi Arakawa

Kaichi Arakawa is a disciple of Isshou and a former salesman with a wife and child.

He entered rakugo after realizing that making people smile meant more to him than corporate success.

His style is full of service-minded warmth.

Even with very little experience, he shows impressive confidence and audience awareness.

Hikaru Koragi and Hikaru Arakawa

Hikaru Koragi is a popular voice actress who enters the Karaku Cup to prove her worth as a performer rather than just a pretty face.

After losing to Akane, she joins the profession under the name Hikaru Arakawa.

She is quiet in appearance but fiercely competitive.

Her acting-based approach and rapid character switching make her a dangerous rival.

Her obsession with defeating Akane becomes one of her defining drives.

In the anime, she is voiced by Rie Takahashi.

Karashi Nerimaya and Karashi Sanmyou-tei

Karashi Nerimaya begins as a two-time student rakugo champion.

He favors modernized adaptations and believes rakugo should first and foremost entertain ordinary people.

After losing to Akane, he joins the orthodox Sanmyou-tei school, where his freedom is restrained by traditional discipline.

He is cocky, sharp, hardworking beneath the surface, and one of Akane’s major rivals.

In the anime, he is voiced by Takuya Eguchi.

Urara Ransaika

Urara Ransaika is an alluring female rakugo performer with an almost intoxicating stage presence.

She specializes in pleasure-quarter stories and can immerse an audience so deeply that her art is compared to a narcotic.

She takes an interest in Akane and teaches her *Ochakumi* as a test.

She is also one of the people who carries knowledge of the older generation’s secrets.

Chouchou Konjaku-tei

Chouchou Konjaku-tei is a rakugo star known for bold entrances, gambling habits, and exceptional instinct in reading a room.

He used to be close with Tooru and Taizen in their apprentice days.

His support becomes crucial in Akane’s route toward promotion.

He is both charismatic and deeply perceptive.

Taizen Arakawa

Taizen Arakawa is one of the Arakawa school’s Four Heavenly Kings.

He is severe, intimidating, and burdened by guilt over the circumstances that helped lead to Tooru’s expulsion.

He eventually gives Akane the recommendation she needs after being moved by her performance and by Tooru’s words.

He is stern in public but carries deep regrets.

Zensho Arakawa

Zensho Arakawa is another of the Four Heavenly Kings and is known as the King of Comedy.

He is loud, unpleasant, manipulative, and especially hostile toward Shiguma and his disciples.

Even so, his sharp honesty can hit with unexpected force.

When Maikeru performs *Tachikiri*, Zensho is moved to tears despite himself.

Iken Arakawa

Iken Arakawa is a top figure in the Arakawa school and also works as an actor in television and film.

He carries himself with a calm smile and judges others with cool neutrality.

He is one of the strongest artistic powers in the school.

His disciple Hikaru Arakawa reflects his interest in unusual talent.

Saki Yoshino

Saki Yoshino is the owner of a rakugo cafe and one of the early adults who remembers Tooru’s promise.

Seeing Akane on stage reminds her of him.

Mamoru Mikuriya

Mamoru Mikuriya runs the izakaya Umi.

He teaches Akane practical awareness and customer sensitivity.

Machiko Iwashimizu

Machiko Iwashimizu, nicknamed Iwasen, is Akane’s homeroom teacher.

Initially she pushes practical career choices, but after seeing Akane perform, she becomes one of her supporters.

Ozaki

Ozaki is Akane’s classmate and long-time acquaintance.

Once a mocking child, he matures and becomes a surprisingly dependable ally.

Kimihisa Kashio

Kimihisa Kashio is a monthly rakugo magazine reporter who becomes fascinated by Akane.

He knows sensitive details about the expulsion scandal but does not reveal them publicly.

Critics have praised the series for its vivid characters and dynamic paneling.

Although rakugo is fundamentally a seated and verbal art, the manga turns it into something visually intense.

Commentators have noted parallels between the fictional Arakawa school and the real-world Tatekawa school, especially in the use of the term “school” and in the motif of severe discipline and expulsion.

The work also references different rakugo traditions through performance choices and stylistic details.

Film director Hideaki Anno praised the series for translating the stillness of rakugo into manga energy through emotion, composition, and visual storytelling.

The result is a work that feels both culturally specific and completely accessible as dramatic entertainment.

The first volume carried a recommendation from Eiichiro Oda, who said he liked the work.

Kappei Yamaguchi also praised it after reading it on Oda’s recommendation.

Professional rakugo performers reacted strongly from the beginning.

Many discussed the series publicly online and on video channels, which helped it gain attention beyond manga readers.

The rakugo supervisor even jokingly called himself an Akane distributor old man, buying copies in bulk and giving them to performers and industry figures.

This grassroots enthusiasm became part of the series’ identity.

The manga placed third in the comics category of Next Manga Award 2022.

It was also nominated for Manga Taisho 2023, ranked third in Nationwide Bookstore Employees’ Recommended Comics 2023, and became a finalist for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award.

The series features a wide range of classic rakugo pieces.

These include *Daiku Shirabe*, *Shibahama*, *Manju Kowai*, *Keikoya*, *Kohome*, *Sanpo Ichiryouzon*, *Imado no Kitsune*, *Jugemu*, *Tenshiki*, *Sangou Jigo*, *Ochakumi*, *Hirabayashi*, *Toyoshiga no Shi*, *Tsukiya Mugen*, *Kawarime*, *Goujoukyuu*, *Kinmeichiku*, *Hanami no Adauchi*, *Sokotsu no Kugi*, *Tsuru*, *Kanban no Pin*, *Giboushi*, *Tanifuda*, *Hantai Guruma*, *Tanisai*, *Ougon no Daikoku*, *Tachikiri*, *Hatsutenjin*, *Shinigami*, *Tokisoba*, *Akubi Shinan*, *Shiwaiya*, *Motoinu*, *Okiku no Sara*, *Nirami Kaeshi*, *Kintama Isha*, and *Nozarashi*.

A rakugo cafe shown early in the story is modeled on a real venue in Jimbocho.

Its bookshelf placement and seating closely match the real location.

The theater Yaeitei is modeled after Shinjuku Suehirotei, a famous vaudeville theater.

A memorial mound for old stories that appears later is based on a real site at Honpoji Temple in Taito.

The manga is published by Shueisha under the Jump Comics label.

As of April 3, 2026, there are 21 volumes.

Volume 1, That Day, was released on June 3, 2022.

Volume 2, Beyond Joy, was released on August 4, 2022.

Volume 3, No End to Jugemu, was released on October 4, 2022.

Volume 4, A Place You May Come To, was released on December 2, 2022.

Volume 5, Opening Act, was released on March 3, 2023.

Volume 6, Ochakumi, was released on June 2, 2023.

Volume 7, Front-seat Training Meeting, was released on August 4, 2023.

Volume 8, Feelings Too Strong, was released on October 4, 2023.

Volume 9, Kawarime, was released on December 4, 2023.

Volume 10, Art of the Bright Side, was released on March 4, 2024.

Volume 11, Long Time No See, was released on May 2, 2024.

Volume 12, Rakugo Verse, was released on July 4, 2024.

Volume 13, First Disciple, was released on September 4, 2024.

Volume 14, The Road Forward, was released on November 1, 2024.

Volume 15, A Mess, was released on February 4, 2025.

Volume 16, Becoming a Disciple, was released on April 4, 2025.

Volume 17, Second-rank Arc Begins, was released on June 4, 2025.

Volume 18, Going to Take It, was released on September 4, 2025.

Volume 19, Resolve to Offer Up, was released on November 4, 2025.

Volume 20, False Classic, was released on January 5, 2026.

Volume 21, My Own School, was released on April 3, 2026.

A live event titled Akane-banashi no Kai was held on February 5, 2023, at Uchisaiwaicho Hall to celebrate the first anniversary of serialization.

Its footage was later uploaded to the Jump Channel.

A second event was held on June 2, 2024, again at Uchisaiwaicho Hall.

A third event celebrating the anime announcement took place on November 30, 2025, at Kanda Myojin Hall.

A large-scale rakugo event, Akane-banashi Rakugo Gathering: Great Masters and a Hundred Arts in Bloom, was scheduled for May 7 and 8, 2026.

It featured major real-world performers across multiple sessions.

To coincide with the release of volume 11, a collaboration video was released with singer-songwriter Wanuka.

The song Kotodama was written specifically for the project and used many manga panels in its video.

The television anime adaptation premiered in April 2026 on the IMAnimation programming block on the TV Asahi network and related outlets.

It is animated by Xebec Zwei.

In preparation for the anime, the cast studied rakugo for about a year under Kikuhiko Hayashiya, who also supervised the original manga.

For scenes involving stage performance, the staff even set up an actual rakugo platform in the recording studio to recreate the atmosphere of a real performance.

Anime Staff

The original work is by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue.

The director is Ayumu Watanabe.

The deputy director is Yu Harima.

Series composition and scripts are by Rikei Tsuchiya.

Character design is by Kii Tanaka.

Sub-character design is by Yasushige Nitta.

Costume design is by Noriko Shimazawa.

Prop design is by Etsuyoshi Iwanaga.

Art direction is by Hiroko Tanabe.

Art setting is by Shuhei Tada.

Color design is by Saori Goda.

Photography direction is by Yuta Nakamura.

Editing is by Kiyoshi Hirose.

Sound direction is by Noriyoshi Konuma.

Sound effects are by Yui Ando and Shunsuke Hongo.

Sound production is by Bit Groove Promotion.

Music is by Akio Izutsu.

Rakugo supervision is by Kikuhiko Hayashiya.

Animation production is by Xebec Zwei.

The production committee is credited as the Akane-banashi Production Committee.

Anime Theme Songs

The opening theme is Hitotarashi by Keisuke Kuwata.

It marked the first anime theme song for which he both wrote and composed the lyrics and music himself.

The ending theme is AKANE On My Mind: Manju Kowai, also by Keisuke Kuwata.

It was likewise written and composed by him.

Anime Cast

Akane Ousaki is voiced by Anna Nagase.

Hikaru Koragi is voiced by Rie Takahashi.

Karashi is voiced by Takuya Eguchi.

Tooru Ousaki is voiced by Jun Fukuyama.

Guriko Arakawa is voiced by Seiichirou Yamashita.

Kyouji Arakawa is voiced by Youhei Azakami.

Koguma Arakawa is voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi.

Maikeru Arakawa is voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki.

Shiguma Arakawa is voiced by Masaki Terasoma.

Isshou Arakawa is voiced by Akio Ootsuka.

Kaisei Arakawa is voiced by Shiono Akihisa.

Additional casting includes many supporting performers across the rakugo world.

Anime Episodes

Episode 1 is titled That Day and premiered on April 4, 2026.

Storyboard work was by Ayumu Watanabe, with direction by Yu Harima.

Episode 2 is titled First Performance and premiered on April 11, 2026.

It continued Akane’s path into the rakugo world.

Broadcast and Streaming

The anime airs on the full TV Asahi network on Saturday nights in Japan.

It is also broadcast on AT-X, BS Asahi, TV Asahi Channel 1, and Animax.

Streaming began on ABEMA and Netflix from April 5, 2026.

Further availability includes Prime Video, Disney+, U-NEXT, DMM TV, Hulu, FOD, Bandai Channel, Anime Hodai, and several other platforms.