Hirayasumi premieres in January 2027, on NHK General in Japan and on Netflix internationally. Gen Hoshino is performing the opening theme. There is still no exact date, and the song has no announced title.
The anime's official site named Hoshino on Monday, November 9 in Japan. Anime News Network reports that the announcement did not reveal the song's title. NHK's own post calls it a new song written for the show.
Where to watch
The official site says the series is set to air on NHK General from January 2027. It gives no day and no time.
VIZ Media, which is releasing the anime in English, announced on November 8 that Hirayasumi will premiere internationally on Netflix in January 2027, timed to the NHK debut. The release does not list countries or a day. The official site's news page also lists U-NEXT streaming in a November 9 post.
The music
Hoshino lived in Asagaya, the Tokyo neighborhood where the story is set, for many years. VIZ's release says he went back earlier this year to draw inspiration for the song.
"I love Hirayasumi so much," Hoshino said in the release. "I love the way Hiroto lives, and I love every one of the characters."
Manga creator Keigo Shinzo said in the same release that he has already heard the song. Hoshino also wrote the theme for the film Moriyamachu Driving School, which was based on another Shinzo manga.
TOMOO performs the ending theme, "Fūmi Zekka," which VIZ says was written for the series. The official site announced it on November 2.
Who is making it
Kei Suezawa is directing at Production +h. The official site also credits him with series composition and scripts. Naoyuki Asano is the character designer, Mika Nishimura is the art director and Kaori Sawada is composing the music.
Yuma Uchida plays Hiroto Ikuta, Mayu Takahashi plays Natsumi Kobayashi and Rikako Aikawa plays Hanae Wada.
What it is about
Hiroto is 29, with no full-time job, no girlfriend and no plan for the future, and he is happy that way. He becomes friends with Hanae, an older woman in his neighborhood, and ends up inheriting her one-story house. His 18-year-old cousin Natsumi, an art student, moves in with him.
Shinzo launched the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits in April 2021. It has 10 volumes out, and Anime News Network reports that it ends on November 16. A live-action series aired on NHK starting in November 2025.
VIZ and Japan Society screened the first episode in New York on October 7, according to Anime News Network.
January dates that are already set
Three other winter shows have picked a day.
Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! premieres on Japanese TV on January 4. LiSA sings the opening, "Ecstatic Buffer," and Netflix gets early streaming ahead of other services.
Bless premieres on January 8 at 11:30 p.m. in Japan, in Fuji TV's Noitamina block. Crunchyroll will stream it worldwide, excluding Japan and China.
Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 premieres on January 10 and runs for two cours with no break. Crunchyroll will stream it.
As of November 11, Hirayasumi's official site still lists January 2027 with no day. We will update this when NHK or Netflix sets one.
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