SNOWBALL EARTH TV Anime Reveals New Trailer, Key Visual and Additional Cast

The main promotional video and key visual for the TV anime “SNOWBALL EARTH” by Yuhiro Tsujitsugu have been released, along with new cast announcements. The series is set to premiere on April 3, 2026.

The ending theme will be Higuchi Ai’s “What Now Burns Within My Chest”. In addition to the PV’s audio, a collaboration illustration drawn by Tsujitsugu has also been unveiled.

Main Trailer:

Key Visual:

_{Collaboration illustration of “SNOWBALL EARTH” x Ai Higuchi:}

ADDITIONAL CAST:
Tomokazu Sugita as Isseki Sagami
Kengo Kawanishi as Nayuta Izumi
Tomohiro Ono as Tamiya Sakurai
Manami Narahira as Yuma Uzuki
Anna Nagase as Otoichi Kinoe
Chitose Morinaga as Makoto Saionji
Maki Kawase as Riko Akagi

MAIN CAST:
Takuto Yoshinaga as Tetsuo Yabusame
Daisuke Hirakawa as Yukio
Ami Koshimizu as Ao Nogi
Konomi Tamura as Hagane Takimura

STAFF:
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Assistant Director: Takeshi Iwata
Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi
Character Designer & Chief Animation Director: Toshiya Kono
Mecha Designer: Se-Joon Kim
Monster Designer: Ryuta Yanagi
Art Director: Mari Fujino
Color Designer: Hironori Noji
CG Director: Hironori Motooka
Motion Graphics: Hiromu Oshiro
Directors of Photography: Kenta Hayashi, Shota Kodera
Editor: Tomoki Nagasaka
Music Composers: Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, YUKI KANESAKA
Animation Studio: Studio KAI

VIZ Media publishes the official English-language edition of the original manga and provides an official synopsis of the story:

Yukio was destroyed in battle and Tetsuo survived in an escape pod. After eight years in cold sleep, the escape pod finally lands back on Earth. But when Tetsuo emerges he finds a world in ruins, entirely frozen beneath a blanket of ice and snow—snowball Earth! What happened to humanity, how did the planet freeze over, and will Tetsuo be able to keep his last promise to Yukio?

Source: Official Website

© Yuhiro Tsujitsugu/Shogakukan/ “SNOWBALL EARTH” Project

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