The official website for the anime of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba‘s The Vermillion Mask (Shuiro no Kamen) manga announced on Thursday that the anime’s second part will debut in April 2027 on the Yomiuri TV and NTV channels, and will air every Saturday at 5:30 p.m. JST.

Yomiuri TV describes the anime:

At the center of the story is Peru, a young apprentice mask maker who loses control under the influence of a cursed mask, slaying both his master and comrades in a tragic outburst. Wracked with guilt, Peru sets off on a journey to destroy the legendary masks his master once crafted, crossing paths with unlikely allies and deadly foes. What unfolds is a gripping battle for redemption, as both the fate of Peru’s soul and the world itself hang in the balance.

The anime will premiere on October 10 on Yomiuri TV and NTV at 5:30 p.m. JST, and it will have two parts or cours (quarters of a year). Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs.

The anime stars:

T.N.T rock band’s vocalist Yuya Tegoshi will also voice a character in the anime’s 12th episode. (That episode will be the final episode of the anime’s first part.)

Tetsuaki Watanabe (BLUELOCK season 1) is directing the anime at 100Studio (WOW Studio). Gai Hazako is the assistant director. Daisuke Ōhigashi (Fate/strange Fake) is in charge of series composition. Hisashi Higashijima (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) is drawing the character designs. Fumiyuki Go is the sound director. Arisa Okehazama (The Apothecary Diaries) is composing the music.

MAN WITH A MISSION performs the opening theme song “Firestarter,” and yutori performs the ending theme song “Koe.”

Dr.Poro and Naba launched the manga in Shōnengahōsha‘s Young King Ours magazine in February 2021. Shōnengahōsha will publish the manga’s 10th compiled book volume on November 30.

Orange’s emaqi e-bookstore platform publishes the manga in English.

Sources: The Vermillion Mask anime’s website, Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web

The official website for the television anime of Midori Satō‘s Horror Collector (Kyōfu Collector) novel series revealed three new cast members for the anime on Thursday. The new cast members include:

Sae Hiratsuka as Momo

Ryōta Ōsaka as Raita

Hana Hishikawa as Sachiko Konno

The anime’s staff also revealed the anime’s guest cast for the first three episodes. Yōko Hikasa voices Urban Legend Woman in the first episode. Sumire Uesaka voices high schooler Seira Takada in the second episode. Yūma Uchida voices magazine journalist Takaaki Saitō in the third episode.

Previously announced cast members include:

Hiiro Ishibashi as Fushigi Senno

Jun Fukuyama as Jimmy

Saori Hayami as Himitsu

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Blue Umbrella Man

The anime will debut on NHK on October 10. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs in Japan.

Yuki Inaba (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World season 2) is directing the anime at Studio Palette, and is also in charge of series composition. Kaori Yoshikawa (KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World season 2) is designing the characters. Masato Kōda is composing the music. Tetsuya Gunji is the audio director.

Yen Press is releasing the novel series and Niko Yuki‘s manga adaptation in English for its “JY for Kids” middle-grade imprint, and it describes the story:

The internet is full of creepypastas, cryptid sightings, tales of paranormal activity, and unsolved disappearances. These are mostly rumors and pranks fueled by trolls—entertainment. But the unlucky few learn the hard way that some legends are true. Many of these unfortunate souls are doomed, but their luck may change if they cross paths with the boy in the red hood. He roams from town to town and appears wherever strange things occur. Is he a light in the dark? Or living proof that monsters are all too real…?

Sato writes the novels, Norio Tsuruta is the supervisor, and Yon draws the art for the novel series. Kadokawa started releasing the novel series in June 2015, and published the 29th volume on Wednesday.

Yuki’s manga adaptation ran in Kadokawa‘s Monthly Comic Gene magazine in 2021-2022. Kadokawa published the manga adaptation in one volume in March 2022.

Yen Press published the sixth novel volume in May 2025, and published the manga in one volume in May 2025.

Sources: Horror Collector anime’s website, Comic Natalie

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