An irradiated, monster-ridden Tokyo wasteland serves as the backdrop for the upcoming Tsugumi Project TV anime adaptation, which officially unveiled a brand-new visual and a January 2027 broadcast window on Japanese television, Crunchyroll News reported.
ippatu’s post-apocalyptic action manga originally launched in France for three volumes via Ki-oon before moving to Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine, where it ran from January 2021 to November 2023 across seven collected volumes. Kodansha USA publishes the title in English.
Masaaki Mizunaka stars as Leon, a falsely convicted soldier sent on a suicide mission into Japan alongside Misaki Watada as Tsugumi, a half-human girl featuring bird attributes, and Haruki Ishiya as Doudou, a fellow convict and former underground boxer. Production staff details remain unconfirmed.
- The anime adaptation of ippatu’s manga is scheduled to debut on Japanese television in January 2027.
- The story follows a French soldier named Leon who is sent to an irradiated Japan 200 years after a nuclear war.
- Voice actors Masaaki Mizunaka, Misaki Watada, and Haruki Ishiya lead the main cast as Leon, Tsugumi, and Doudou.
The source material follows Leon, a French soldier of fortune wrenched from his family on trumped-up charges and loaded onto a cargo plane bound for Japan. Kodansha USA describes the setting as a land ruled by huge, irradiated, mutated monsters—a place cut off from the world for more than two centuries.
Before its serialization in Japan, the manga found an early footing abroad when Ki-oon published the first three volumes in France. ippatu also contributed character designs to Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE and Scarlet films, bringing established industry design experience to the project.
Convicts sent on the deadly expedition are given one year to locate a powerful weapon from ages past known by the codename TORATSUGUMI in exchange for their freedom. The narrative thrust centers on uncovering the true nature of this weapon and its connection to Tsugumi, the taloned, half-human girl who swoops in to save Leon.
Publishers and readers have frequently compared the tone and aesthetic of the series to classic dark sci-fi adventures like AKIRA, Blame!, Spriggan, and Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku. The newly revealed visual highlights this desolate aesthetic as production ramps up toward the January 2027 premiere date.
| Project Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Original Manga Creator | ippatu |
| Manga Serialization | Weekly Young Magazine (January 2021 – November 2023) |
| English Publisher | Kodansha USA |
| Anime Release Window | January 2027 |
