Forum - View topicNEWS: Akane-banashi Rakugo Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026 by Studio ZEXCS
|
Goto page 1, 2, 3 Next Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | ||
|---|---|---|---|
L'Imperatore
 Posts: 1082 |
|
||
|
Without any understanding of rakugo, can one enjoy this show?
|
|||
|
|||
|
Flü
Posts: 182 |
|
||
Yes. The manga has a passionate fanbase in the West and barely anyone here is familiar with Rakugo. Arguably even in Japan many readers aren't active watchers of that. If anything, a manga like that also wants to sell the theme to the reader, especially when running in a popular magazine like WSJ. |
|||
|
|||
WANNFH
 Posts: 2079 |
|
||
Last edited by WANNFH on Mon Aug 04, 2025 6:52 am; edited 1 time in total |
|||
|
|||
Yune Amagiri
 Posts: 1321 Location: France |
|
||
It took longer than I was expecting. |
|||
|
|||
|
TouristGally
Posts: 8 |
|
||
|
The best manga series being published today is finally getting an adaptation. Caught up to the manga in early '24 and I've been waiting since then for this announcement.
I'm not familiar with anything the studio has done, so I'm now in the zone of joyful optimism clashing with fear over whether or not the adaptation will do the series justice. This isn't a series built around big, cinematic moments but instead conversations and solo performances. So much is conveyed through facial expressions, shot compositions, lighting, etc, and not often in a flashy manner. For instance, one of the most memorable 'victories' is when Akane is able to get her entire audience to yawn while she's telling a story, an indication that she's pulled them in to her performance, the world she's creating through her narration, so completely that they feel like they are sitting outside on a lazy summer day. Also the art style in the manga changes a lot, most notably whenever a rakugoka is performing and we see the story being depicted. But also Akane does a lot of chibi faces throughout. My fear is that we'll get a lot of static 'camera one, camera two' shots during conversations, the direction and storyboarding going above passable but never reaching the same engrossing heights that the manga is able to. But again, I'm not familiar with the studio so I'm trying to be as optimistic as I can. I want the best possible adaptation, I want to see ZEXCS hit this out of the park. Best of luck to everyone involved. Aim high, take care of yourselves and I look forward to the anime debut. |
|||
|
|||
|
Farhanawesome
Posts: 338 |
|
||
|
Since it was a Jump Series do you think it will get dubbed like other jump series ?
|
|||
|
|||
|
pikabot
Posts: 190 |
|
||
|
I’ve been skeptical of an anime adaptation of Akane-Banashi. It’s a series about performance, which I think is going to be hard to capture in anime form. In the manga, because all we have are a series of static moments in time, the author just needs to evoke the performance and the readers mind fills in the performance for them. But in an anime form, where time is continuous…more challenging.
Still, I hope that it’s good! I love Akane-Banashi and would love to be able to share it with some people who can’t do manga. |
|||
|
|||
|
Yune Amagiri
Posts: 1321 Location: France |
|
||
Let alone Jump ones, nowadays so many dubs are made each season that the question is more about simuldubs or weeks later. |
|||
|
|||
|
Conty
Posts: 9 |
|
||
In general I find that stories about the performing arts work better when you can see and hear the performance instead of just reading/seeing static images about it. Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju for a great example of this, the animation by Studio Deen was no great shakes, but the voice cast elevated the source material. Of course, getting the right voice cast is critical for a rakugo story, you need actors who can not just play their character in the story, but give unique voices to the various subjects of their performances! In the example above they had a stellar voice cast (Akira Ishida, Koichi Yamadera, Tomokazu Seki), let's hope Akane-banashi manages to get a good cast as well! |
|||
|
|||
Soulwarfare
 Posts: 607 |
|
||
|
It was about time that this PEAK manga got an anime adaptation
Female protagonist in shonen jump series is rarity these days |
|||
|
|||
Glordit
 Posts: 1183 |
|
||
I watched Descending Stories: Shōwa Genroku Rakugo with almost zero context of Rakugo, other than knowing it's story telling, and it's become one of my best anime of all time. |
|||
|
|||
|
paulchaested
Posts: 294 |
|
||
|
As for WHA, I would not be surprised if it does get pushed back to 2026 due to "production issues". Just feels like the Zom 100 production meltdown all over again. The fact that Ayumu is revealed to also be the director for Akane Banashi makes this even more likely. I'd be absolutely shocked if WHA gets aired in Fall 2025 considering we don't have any updated PV or trailers for it. If it does air in Fall 2025, I'd be prepare for another Zom 100 fallout.
|
|||
|
|||
|
Sekaro
Posts: 478 |
|
||
|
Just like with Witch Watch, this is one of those JUMP titles I've been keeping a close eye on without actually reading it in the hopes that it'll get an anime that I will try someday & it seems that time has come.
As someone who's watched Haikyuu with no zero knowledge on the sport, it quickly became one of my favourite sports anime so the lack of knowledge on rakugo isn't gonna put me off from this series. I've also seen Hikaru No Go & Sangatsu No Lion with no knowledge on the respective games & also enjoyed those as well. |
|||
|
|||
|
Zhou-BR
Posts: 1582 |
|
||
|
A few years ago, didn't Ayumu Watanabe direct Komi Can't Comunicate and Summer Time Rendering at the same time? If so, then it's possible he could be working on Akane-banashi and Witch Hat Atelier simultaneously.
Edit: he was also really prolific in 2018, when he frequently had two shows airing in the same season. |
|||
|
|||
|
Peebs
Posts: 425 |
|
||
|
Every chapter I read, I ask myself, "anime when?" And now here it is. I'm so excited. I hope more people get into the manga too.
|
|||
|
|||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group