Production company Pony Canyon opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Aito Aoyagi‘s Akazukin, Tabi no Tochuu de Shitai to Deau. (Little Red Riding Hood…) novel on Monday, revealing the main cast, staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and teaser promotional video. The anime series will premiere in 2027.

Voice actresses Yume Miyamoto (Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu) and Akira Sekine (Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria) are starring as Akazukin (Little Red Riding Hood) and Pinocchio, respectively.

Staff

Director, Screenplay: Itsurou Kawasaki (Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru)

Character Design: Manami Minakata (Babanbabanban Vampire sub-character design), Yuuko Yahiro (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai)

Art Director: Izumi Hoki (Net-juu no Susume), Hiroshi Katou (Shinseiki Evangelion)

Color Design: Chie Yoshimura (Reincarnation no Kaben)

Director of Photography: Rieko Koike (Chanto Suenai Kyuuketsuki-chan)

Editing: Daisuke Hiraki (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru)

Studio: BENTEN Film

Aoyagi published the comedy mystery novel through Futabasha in August 2020. The fourth volume went on sale in July 2025.

Kanoka Tana drew a manga adaptation from January 2023 to May 2025. It was first serialized in Monthly Action magazine before being transferred to Web Action. The fourth and final volume was published by Futabasha in June 2025. The series has a cumulative 600,000 copies of its volumes in circulation.

Synopsis

The fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood is as classic as they come, a familiar delivery of cookies and wine. But on this particular journey, Little Red Riding Hood…encounters a dead body?! As the mystery begins to unfold, familiar faces from other fairytales such as “Cinderella”, “Hansel and Gretel”, and “Sleeping Beauty” bring their own countless twists and tricks. Will she be able to solve the larger puzzle at the center of it all? A new detective is born!

Teaser PV

Official site: https://akazukin-anime.com/

Official X: @akazukin_anime

Source: PR Times

Akazukin, Tabi no Tochuu de Shitai to Deau. on MAL

The staff for the live-action film based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura‘s BLUE LOCK soccer manga confirmed three more cast members on Monday. The film’s staff also announced that the film will screen in MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema starting on August 21. Additionally, cheering screenings (in which audiences are allowed to shout at and interact with the film) will be held at five participating theaters in Hokkaido, Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, and Fukuoka. 

The newly announced cast members are:

FANTASTICS member Yūsei Yagi as Rin Itoshi

Keisuke Watanabe as Jyubei Aryu

Omi Natsuki as Aoshi Tokimitsu

The cast includes:

Yūsuke Taki is directing the film, and Tetsuo Kamata is writing the screenplay. Shinzō Matsuhashi is serving as a producer. CREDEUS (live-action Golden Kamuy film) is producing the film, and TOHO is distributing.

The film opened in Japan on August 7.

Kaneshiro and Nomura launched the manga in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018. Kodansha will publish the manga’s 40th compiled book volume on August 17. The manga won the Best Shōnen Manga award in Kodansha‘s 45th annual Manga Awards in 2021. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English digitally and is also releasing it in print.

The original manga inspired a television anime series that premiered in Japan in October 2022 on TV Asahi and its affiliates in the NUMAnimation programming block. The anime ran for 24 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and is also streaming an English dub.

BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, the second television anime season, debuted in October 2024, and aired for 14 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.

The anime is getting a third season, adapting the “Shin Eiyū Taisen” (New Hero Wars) story.

Kōta Sannomiya‘s BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- manga spinoff focuses on Seishirō Nagi before he enters the titular BLUE LOCK facility. The manga launched in June 2022 in Kodansha‘s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine and ended in July 2025. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the spinoff manga in print.

The spinoff inspired an anime film that premiered in Japan in April 2024. The film sold 337,000 tickets to earn 463 million yen (about US$2.99 million) in its first three days, and ranked at #2 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film opened in North America in June 2024. Crunchyroll is streaming the film with subtitles and with several dubs.

Sources: Live-action BLUE LOCK film’s website, Comic Natalie

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