Hirayasumi has found its streaming home for next year.
The recently announced anime adaptation of the slice-of-life manga has revealed it will stream on Netflix in January 2027. In addition, Gen Hoshino will also perform the opening theme song, although the title of the song has not yet been announced. Hoshino was thrilled to join the project as he has a personal connection to the anime as he lived in Asagaya for many years, even returning to the neighborhood this year for inspiration.
“I love Hirayasumi so much. I love the way Hiroto lives, and I love every one of the characters, all of them living with everything they’ve got even as they wrestle with their worries. I hope this song can bring warmth and color to the lives of Hiroto and everyone around him, and to the world of Hirayasumi.”
TOMOO will perform the ending theme song, “Fūmi Zekka.” The singer-songwriter drew inspiration from the manga’s illuminated city streets and evening bridges, saying, “I would be honored if this song can help accompany the lingering feelings left by this wonderful story.”
Production +h will animate and produce the adaptation. The studio previously worked on The Orbital Children and Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction. Kei Suezawa (Fate/Grand Order: Camelot – Wandering; Agateram, FLCL Progressive) will take on multiple hats as they will direct, write, and oversee the series composition. Naoyuki Asano (Urusei Yatsura, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Mr. Osomatsu) will design the characters. Mika Nishimura (Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction, Typhoon Noruda) is the art director. Kaori Sawada (What Did You Eat Yesterday?, When Spring Comes) will compose.
Yuma Uchida will voice Hiroto, the protagonist who is described as a “free spirit.” Mayu Takahashi will portray Natsumi Kobayashi, an aspiring manga artist who is also Hiroto’s cousin. Rikako Aikawa will voice Hanae Wada, a retired school lunch worker who begins to share dinner with Hiroto twice a week.
Written and illustrated by Keigo Shinzo, Hirayasumi launched in Weekly Big Comic Spirits on April 26, 2021 and currently has 10 volumes. The series has received numerous nominations including one for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, “Best Continuing Manga series” at the American Manga Awards in 2025, and “Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia” at the Eisner Awards in 2026. Hirayasumi won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2026.
VIZ describes Hirayasumi:
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.
Hirayasumi will launch sometime in 2027 on Netflix.
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