The TV anime Scenes from Awajima, written by Takako Shimura, is set to air in April 2026. The first promotional video has been released, along with character visual and cast information for Wakana. Additional character visuals will be unveiled over the next three months.
Official Trailer:
Character Visual:
CAST:
Niina Nakabayashi as Wakana Tabata
You Taichi as Kinue Takehara
STAFF:
Director: Morio Asaka
Series Composition: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
Character Design: Kunihiko Hamada
Music: Takahiro Obata
Animation Production: MADHOUSE
Yen Press has recently licensed a new original manga by Takako Shimura and shared an official synopsis of the story:
Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast!
Source: Comic Natalie
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