The official website for the Eleceed television anime revealed the main cast, additional staff, and the first promotional video on Thursday. The anime adapting Jae-Ho Son and ZHENA‘s super power action webtoon is scheduled to premiere in 2027.

Cast

Yu Kazahaya: Junya Enoki (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Jin Tatsuoka: Tasuku Hatanaka (Boku no Hero Academia)

Dr. Delein: Setsuji Sato (Wu Liuqi: Xuanwu Guo Pian)

Sota Yanagi: Hayato Doujima (Yeosin Gangnim)

Amane Yanagi: Shizuka Itou (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal)

Staff

Character Design: Minami Sakura (Boku no Hero Academia 4th Season character design assistance)

Sub Character Design: Masato Katou (Hazure Skill “Kinomi Master”), Mina Oosawa (Kuroneko to Majo no Kyoushitsu), Kouji Watanabe (Akanesasu Shoujo)

Chief Animation Director: Minami Sakura (SSSS.Dynazenon assistant chief animation director) Masato Katou (Peach Boy Riverside)

Art Director: Mayu Imaichi

Color Design:Haruko Nobori (Saihate no Paladin)

Director of Photography: Yuujirou Yamane (Mahou Shoujo Site)

Special Effects: Miyako Hoshi (Log Horizon)

CG Supervisor: Takeshi Shimizu (Amedama)

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama (Boku dake ga Inai Machi)

Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano (Platinum End)

Music: Taku Iwasaki (Gachiakuta)

Hiroshi Nishikiori (Trinity Seven, Toaru Majutsu no Index) is directing the series at DandeLion Animation Studio. Yousuke Kuroda (Boku no Hero Academia, Mashle) is handling the series composition and script.

Jae-Ho Son and ZHENA began serializing the super power action webtoon on the Naver Webtoon site in October 2018.

The manhwa has been released in English on the Webtoon website since 2019, and Penguin Random House has a physical release planned for 2027 through their Inklore imprint. The first volume is scheduled to be released on January 19, 2027.

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Source: Comic Natalie

Announced after episode 14 on Friday

The 14th episode from the television anime of Kōcha Agasawa‘s The Ramparts of Ice (Koori no Jyōheki or Ice Castle Wall) manga ended on Friday with an announcement that the second season will premiere on October 1.

The new season will again air on Thursdays at 11:56 p.m. (10:56 a.m. EDT) on TBS and 27 affiliated channels.

The manga centers on Koyuki Hikawa, an aloof high school student who has a hard time getting close to others, and who builds a wall between herself and other people. Although she spends her time alone at school, for some reason Minato Amemiya keeps getting closer to her. The frustrating story of youth follows the lives of four somewhat complicated individuals: Koyuki and Minato, plus the popular girl Miki and the laid-back boy Yōta.

The cast includes:

Mankyū (Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX, Sumikkogurashi – Good to be in the corner, The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors) is directing the anime at Studio KAI. Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms) is in charge of the series scripts. Miki Ogino (Osana Najimi no Carbou) is designing the characters. Kanade Sakuma and Natsumi Tabuchi are composing the music.

Additional staff members include:

The first season premiered on TBS and 27 affiliated channels on April 2 at 11:56 p.m. (9:56 p.m. EST) in Japan. The season then debuted globally on Netflix on April 2, and it is also streaming on other services in Japan.

Agasawa (You and I Are Polar Opposites) originally serialized the manga as a webtoon on the LINE Manga app from January 2020 to April 2022. Shueisha published the manga’s 14th and final compiled volume (reorganized for volume format) in February 2025.

The manga ranked at #15 for male readers in the 2024 edition of Takarajimasha‘s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook in December 2023, and also was nominated for the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2023. The manga placed second in May 2024 in the “Vertical Scroll Comic” section of the second Rakuten Kobo E-book Awards. Additionally, the manga ranked #2 on AnimeJapan’s sixth “Most Wanted Anime Adaptation” poll in 2023.

Sources: The Ramparts of Ice anime’s website, Comic Natalie

The official website for the Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon no Taki-hen (Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc) television anime revealed additional cast members and a character visual (pictured above) on Thursday. The second season adapting Yura Urushibara‘s action fantasy manga will air on Nippon Television’s Friday Anime Night programming block beginning in October 2026.

Cast

Hayate Todoroki: Gakuto Kajiwara (Enen no Shouboutai)

Uri Torikai: Kentarou Kumagai (Dungeon Meshi)

Shinichi Fuwa: Ryuuho Nagaoka (Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!?)

Misaki Kakoi: Tomohiro Ono (Tomodachi Game)

Tsuyoshi Doumeki: Shintarou Oohata (Radiant)

Kyoutarou Otohara: Yuuki Sakakihara (Dead Mount Death Play)

Akari Hirunuma: Wataru Hatano (Fairy Tail)

Miyo Kurage: Hitomi Ueda (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby)

Ato Nonaka (Fate/Zero episode director) is returning to direct at Studio Hibari. Yukie Sugawara (Overlord) is handling series composition and script. Ryouko Amisaki (Radiant 2nd Season) is designing the characters and Kohta Yamamoto (Mato Seihei no Slave) is composing the music.

Produced by Studio Hibari, the first season aired in 24 episodes from Summer 2025 to Fall 2025. Crunchyroll and Netflix simulcasted the anime with subtitles in multiple languages.

Urushibara began serializing the manga in Weekly Shounen Champion in June 2020. Akita Shoten published the 29th volume on April 8, with the 30th volume scheduled to go on sale on July 8.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in March 2024 and [url=]published[/url] the fifth volume on May 26 and will release the sixth volume on November 24.

Source: Comic Natalie