A new winter-themed seasonal visual has been unveiled for the Wash It All Away TV anime series, which features Wakana Kinme and some cherry blossom trees in Atami’s Itokawa Promenade. The anime began airing in Japan on January 5, 2026.
©Mitsuru Hattori/SQUARE ENIX,Kinishite Committee.
Kenta Onishi (Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest) is directing the anime series, with Toko Machida (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!) as series composer and scriptwriter, and Azuma Tozawa as character designer. Okuruto Noboru is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast stars:
- • Sayumi Suzushiro as Wakana Kinme
- • Yuichiro Umeda as Kyusho Ishimochi
- • Konomi Inagaki as Nairo Kataguchi
- • Yoshino Aoyama as Kuriru Wakasagi
- • Kento Shiraishi as Moruda Wakasagi
- • Ami Koshimizu as Asami Yagara
- • Wasabi Mizuta as Aji
The anime is based on the slice of life manga series by Mitsuru Hattori (Sankarea: Undying Love creator) and was serialized in Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine from July 7, 2017 to June 2, 2023. Eleven total tankobon volumes were published in Japan. Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga for English release and is also being released digitally on the Manga Up! app service.
© Mitsuru Hattori/SQUARE ENIX,Kinishite Committee.
Crunchyroll is streaming the Wash It All Away anime series in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:
For the past two years, cheerful and hardworking Kinme Wakana has run a small laundry shop in the seaside hot springs town of Atami. As she goes about her quiet days, Wakana finds herself drawn into the bittersweet, heartwarming stories of the people around her.
Sources: Wash It All Away Official Twitter, Crunchyroll News
