The TV anime adaptation of Dr. Poro and Nabana Naba’s The Vermillion Mask manga series will premiere in October 2026. A teaser trailer and key visual have been released.
© Nabana Naba,Dr.Poro,SHONENGAHOSHA/ “The Vermilion Mask” Production Committee.
The official website describe the premise as:
Resist. Your enemies. Your fate.
“The Mask” gives power to those who wear it.
At times that means endless possibility, or unimaginable tragedy…
Peru, pupil of the legendary mask maker Gaston Roux, becomes controlled by the “Mask of the Warrior God,”
and unintentionally kills his friends and even his own master.
In order to prevent this type of tragedy from reoccurring,
Peru swears to destroy all of Gaston’s masks that are spread around the world.
Confronting the sins that he has committed, he embarks on his voyage.
Meeting new friends, then confronting powerful foes.
The boy continues on. Until the day he can atone for his sins against his master.
Thus, this masked battle fantasy commences!
Tetsuaki Watanabe (Blue Lock) is directing the series with Gai Hazako as the assistant director. Daisuke Ohigashi (Fate/Strange Fake) is in charge of the series composition, while Alisa Okehazama (The Apothecary Diaries) is in charge of the series’s music composition. Hisashi Higashijima (Mashle) is in charge of the character design and is the chief animation director of the series. One Double-0 studio is animating the series. The Vermillion Mask was first announced in July 2025 during Anime Expo.
The original manga made its debut in February 2021 and is currently serialized in Shonengahosha’s YoungKing Ours. As of March 2026, the manga has released nine manga volumes. Orange Inc.’s emaqi is currently publishing the English version of the series digitally.
