Rainy Day Serenade Anime Sets April 2027 Premiere
Tezuka Production revealed the cast, staff and premiere date for the television adaptation of Kawachi's manga.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Animation
The anime studio unveiled a teaser promotional video and first key visual on Friday for the Rainy Day Serenade anime, which is set to premiere in April 2027. The series is a television adaptation of the manga by Kawachi, which launched in a magazine in 2014 and ended in November 2025.
Why it matters
The announcement brings the manga's story to animation after its serialization concluded, extending the series to a new audience. The timing also coincides with the publisher's plan to release the manga in omnibus form, keeping the original work in circulation.
The manga's 14th and final compiled book volume shipped on February 13, while the earlier English-publisher release ended at five volumes. Voice cast members for the two lead characters were announced without names, and the anime's premiere is slated for April 2027.
The players
Tezuka Production
Tezuka Production is a Japanese animation studio known for its work on numerous television and film adaptations.
Kawachi
Kawachi is the manga creator whose serialized work in a magazine from 2014 to 2025 is the source material for the anime.
The details
Tezuka Production is producing the anime, with directing by its staff and series scripts written by named scriptwriters. The adaptation follows Kawachi's manga, which also received an earlier anime adaptation on a block in 2012, the year the manga ended.
Timeline
2012: An earlier anime adaptation of Kawachi's manga aired on a block.
2014: The manga launched in Kawachi's magazine.
November 2025: The manga ended serialization.
February 13: The manga's final compiled book volume shipped.
April 2027: The Rainy Day Serenade anime is scheduled to premiere.
Season Trajectory
The 2012 anime adaptation aired the same year the manga concluded, leaving the franchise without a new television version for over a decade. The Rainy Day Serenade adaptation returns the property to animation, roughly fourteen years after its earlier television run.
Viewers who want to follow the story can read the manga in omnibus volumes beginning in fall 2026. The anime premieres in April 2027, giving fans of the earlier adaptation a new television version to watch.
The takeaway
Adaptations often return to finished manga years after serialization ends, giving existing readers a new way in. Fans who follow the omnibus release and the anime can track the story across both formats.
What happens next
The manga will begin releasing in two-in-one omnibus volumes in fall 2026, and the anime is scheduled to premiere in April 2027.
Further reading
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