A main visual for the upcoming Draw This, Then Die TV anime has been unveiled. The core cast members were also announced.
Akira Sekine is voicing protagonist Ai Yasumi, a manga-loving high school student from Izu Oshima island. Joining her are Saori Hayami as Rei Teshima, Saya Hitomi as Kokoro Fujimori, Kanon Fujimura as Sachi Akafuku, and Inori Minase as Hikaru Sekiryu.
Additionally, the staff credits have been updated, with the newly revealed names including series composer Hiroko Fukuda (You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story) and character designer Kenji Sagawa (UniteUp! sub-character designer).
Draw This, Then Die is scheduled for a July premiere. It is based on the manga by Minoru Toyoda, which Seven Seas Entertainment describes as such:
To be an artist is to sacrifice everything for your craft! One wannabe manga artist is about to experience the reality of being a creator when she decides to jump into the world of manga. The award-winning manga series about the ups and downs of creating manga and being an artist—soon to be an anime!
Yasumi Ai, a first-year high schooler living on the remote island of Izu Ōshima, has one obsession: manga. When she discovers that her long-idolized but reclusive favorite manga creator, Hoshino-sensei, will make a rare appearance at Comitia, Ai doesn’t hesitate—she has to meet her hero. But that single decision sets off a chain of encounters that will shatter her assumptions about art, genius, and what it truly means to create.
Winner of the 16th Manga Taisho Award and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award—now an anime in the making!
The manga began in 2021 and has eight volumes as of October 2026. It is serialized in Shogakukan’s shonen magazine Gessan (Gekkan Sunday) and has its volumes published under the Gessan SSCS label.
Staff
• Director: Hiroaki Akagi (The Dangers in My Heart)
• Animation production: Shin-Ei Animation.
Source: @korekaite_shine
