VIZ Media Releases Official Teaser Trailer and Key Art For Hirayasumi Anime
SAN FRANCISCO, CA March 16, 2026 Leading global manga and anime producer VIZ Media, in partnership with Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. (ShoPro), has released the official teaser trailer and key art for the anime adaptation of Keigo Shinzo's award-winning manga Hirayasumi. The anime is set to debut in 2027.
Serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits since 2021, with its English-language debut through VIZ in May 2024, Hirayasumi has earned widespread critical acclaim and multiple industry honors, including the Shogakukan Manga Award, with more than 1.5 million copies in circulation worldwide.
TEASER VISUAL & PV RELEASED:
The newly released teaser visual and promotional video introduce Hiroto, a carefree 29-year-old with little concern for the future, standing outside the modest home he unexpectedly inherits after befriending his elderly neighbor. Accompanied by the tagline Where a house becomes a home, the visual captures the series' gentle tone in which friends and neighbors, each navigating their own struggles, gather around Hiroto and find comfort in his easygoing presence.
Watch the Teaser PV HERE
Copyright: Keigo Shinzo/Shogakukan/Hirayasumi Project
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Official Synopsis:
At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn't have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future and he couldn't be happier. Hiroto's breezy attitude isn't easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people around him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.
Production Staff:
Director / Series Composition / Script: Kei Suezawa (Fate/Grand Order: Camelot Wandering; Agateram, FLCL Progressive)
Character Design: Naoyuki Asano (Urusei Yatsura, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Mr. Osomatsu)
Art Director: Mika Nishimura (Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction, Typhoon Noruda)
Music: Kaori Sawada (What Did You Eat Yesterday?, When Spring Comes)
Animation Studio: Production +h. (The Orbital Children, Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction)
Awards & Recognition:
Hirayasumi has earned some of the highest honors in the manga world:
Grand Prize, 2021 Kagayake! Bros Comic Awards
3rd Place, Manga Taisho 2022
3rd Place, THE BEST MANGA 2022 Kono Manga wo Yome!
6th Place, The Second Annual Japan Manga Editors Choice Awards 2022
Grand Prize Nominee, 27th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
9th Place, Manga Taisho 2024
Best Serial Comic Award, Lucca Comics & Games 2024
Grand Prize, 2021 Kagayake! Bros Comic Awards
Winner, MyAnimeList You Should Read This Manga 2024
Best Continuing Manga Series, American Manga Awards
Winner, 71st Shogakukan Manga Award
About Keigo Shinzo:
Keigo Shinzo debuted as a manga creator in 2008 with Nankin, and has since created several award-winning works, including Bokura no Funkasai (Our Eruption Festival). His 2016 series Moriyamachuu Kyoushuujo (Moriyamachu Driving School) was adapted into a feature film, followed by a live-action adaptation of Tokyo Alien Bros. in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Shinzo chronicled his recovery from lymphoma in the autobiographical one-shot Akusei Rinpashu de Nyuuin shita Toki no Koto (About the Time I Was Hospitalized for Malignant Lymphoma), which also inspired the creation of Hirayasumi.
About VIZ Media:
Wherever manga and anime fans are, we are! VIZ Media is No. 1 in Japanese pop culture, introducing fans to what's now, new, and next. Home to the world's most influential and groundbreaking storytellers and artists, who today drive multiple industries from publishing and animation to film and gaming. If it's big in Japan, you can find it at VIZ.
VIZ Media is proudly certified as a Most Loved Workplace in America and Inc Magazine's Best Workplace. For more information on VIZ Media visit: https://www.viz.com/
Contact:
Chantelle Sturt
Head of Global PR & Publicity
chantellesturt@viz.com
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VIZ Media Releases Official Teaser Trailer and Key Art For Hirayasumi Anime 
