A new key visual was released for the series.
The popular new-age sci-fi manga series Snowball Earth by Yuhiro Tsujitsugu is receiving an anime adaptation! The newly opened official website and X (formerly Twitter) account of the series both announced that the anime will air in 2026, although a definitive release date remains unknown.
Snowball Earth staff, story, and other details
Unfortunately, no cast details have been revealed for the upcoming anime. However, it was announced that Munehisa Sakai (Sailor Moon Crystal, Zombieland Saga) is directing the anime at studio KAI. Takeshi Iwata (Blade of the Immortal) is the assistant director while Shigeru Murakoshi (Kakegurui, Zombieland Saga) is handling series composition. Toshiya Kono (Beast Tamer, 'Tis Time for “Torture," Princess) is the character designer and animation director.
The official X account of the anime has posted a commemorative illustration done by the series author Yuhiro Tsujitsugu. The author himself posted another commemorative illustration on his personal X account. He thanked all the readers for their support and complimented the production team that’s working tirelessly on the series. The Snowball Earth manga is recommended by famed director and animator Hideaki Anno, popular video game creator Hideo Kojima, and One-Punch Man’s creator One. It’s sufficient to say that fans have a lot of expectations from the anime adaptation.
Viz media publishes the manga series in English and describes the story as:
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?
