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. 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