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Yuhiro Tsujitsugu's Snowball Earth Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026

A website opened on Thursday to announce the television anime adaptation of Yuhiro Tsujitsugu's Snowball Earth manga, which will premiere in 2026 on the NTV channel. The website also revealed the anime's super teaser visual, announcement video, and main staff.

The anime's website also revealed a commemorative illustration drawn by Tsujitsugu:

Tsujitsugu also posted on X (formerly Twitter) another commemorative illustration for the anime announcement:

Munehisa Sakai (Zombie Land Saga, Dance Dance Danseur, One Piece Film Strong World film) is directing the anime at Studio KAI, and Takeshi Iwata (The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors, 2nd season Ajin episode director) is the assistant director. Shigeru Murakoshi (Apocalypse Hotel, Catch Me at the Ballpark!, Zombie Land Saga) is in charge of series scripts, and Toshiya Kōno ('Tis Time for "Torture," Princess character design, Fate/Apocrypha, Chainsaw Man ep. 4 animation director) is designing the characters and is also the chief animation director. TOHO animation is producing the anime.

In the year 2025, huge beasts from beyond the galaxy attacked Earth. In the war that followed, humanity fought back with a giant robot named Yukio, piloted by Tetsuo Yabusame. As the massive alien swarm closed in on humanity's homeworld, Tetsuo and the Earth Defense Force deployed for the final battle with the invading horde. They lost…

Yukio was destroyed in battle and Tetsuo survived in an escape pod. After eight years in cold sleep, the escape pod finally lands back on Earth. But when Tetsuo emerges he finds a world in ruins, entirely frozen beneath a blanket of ice and snow—snowball Earth! What happened to humanity, how did the planet freeze over, and will Tetsuo be able to keep his last promise to Yukio?

Tsujitsugu launched the ongoing manga in Shogakukan's Monthly Spirits magazine in 2021. Shogakukan will publish the manga's ninth compiled book volume on July 30. Viz Media will publish the manga's sixth volume in English on August 19.

Sources: Snowball Earth anime's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web