The anime is based on Minoru Toyoda’s award-winning manga.
A few months ago, it was announced that Minoru Toyoda’s manga series Kore Kaite Shine (Draw This, Then Die!) is getting an anime adaptation. On 7 October, a new official website was opened for the anime. A short teaser was released, which introduces the three main characters of the series. It was also announced that the anime will debut some time in 2026, although an exact date is still up in the air.
Kore Kaite Shine anime characters, staff, and other details
The three characters that have been introduced in the new trailer are:
- Ai Yasumi – A first year high school student living in Izuōshima. She loves to read manga and after an incident, starts thinking about creating one.
- Rei Teshima – Ai’s Japanese language teacher at school.
- Pokota – Ai’s imaginary friend and a character that appears in her ‘bible manga’.
Hiroaki Akagi (The Dangers in My Heart) will direct the series at Shin-Ei Animation. The anime will be broadcast in 2026 on Nippon TV. So far, no other staff or cast members have been announced.
The anime is based on Minoru Toyoda’s Kore Kaite Shine manga, which won the 16th Manga Taisho award in 2023, and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2025. The manga began serialisation back in 2019 with seven volumes so far and an eighth on the way. The official website of the anime describes the story through a machine translation as:
Ai Yasumi is a first-year high school student who lives on Izuōshima, an island off the coast of Tokyo.
She loves reading manga, and after a certain incident, begins to think about "creating" manga…
What path will this young girl take to become a manga creator?
