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The tease of a potential new anime adaptation surfaced in early July 2024 with the domain name registration for the Petals of Reincarnation manga. The project was formally announced in August 2024, which, at the time, was celebrating its tenth anniversary. Earlier this summer, HIDIVE revealed that they’re involved in the project as a co-production, securing it for streaming when it arrives in 2026.
With an April 2nd, 2026, premiere date, HIDIVE confirmed a premiere date and time of April 2, 2026, at 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC). Now, the Japanese side has brought out the first preview of the 2nd episode ahead of its April 9th, 2026, debut.
The series has Shun Kudo directing it from the series composition by Atsuo Ishino. Haruna Kato is handling the character designs with Benten Film on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Shoya Chiba as Toya Senji
- Wakana Maruoka as Haito Le Buffett
- Ayane Sakura asJohn V. Neumann
- Haruka Shiraishi as A. Einstein
- Kaito Ishikawa as I. Newton
- Reina Ueda as F. Nightingale
- Marina Inoue as Jubei Mitsuyoshi Yagyu
- Shūgo Nakamura as Hiroshi Funasaka
- Jun Fukuyama as E. Schrödinger
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Xiang Yu
- Miyu Tomita as M d’Armont
- Ayumu Murase as A. Hitler
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Pol T.
- Daisuke Namikawa as Hans U. Rudel
- Takahiro Sakurai as Carlos N. Hathcock
- Shūhei Sakaguchi as M. Nostradamus
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Itsuki Kitazuka
- Natsuki Hanae as YOSHIKI Minami
- Nobuo Tobita as Alan Smithee
The opening theme song is by eill with “Glitch*,” while Sizuk performs the ending theme song “ZERO.”
“We’re thrilled to announce the highly anticipated anime adaptation of Petals of Reincarnation as HIDIVE’s newest co-production,” said John Ledford, President of HIDIVE. “Petals of Reincarnation has been beloved by readers for more than a decade and HIDIVE, together with the entire Production Committee, looks forward to bringing the manga series to life as a supernatural action anime!”
The manga comes from creator Mikihisa Konishi, which began in 2014 as serialized in Comic Blade for Mag Garden. It has nineteen volumes released so far and is available in English through Mangamo.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Touya Senji is painfully ordinary, a fact made all the more obvious when he’s compared to his talented (and deceased) older brother. But when an unusual student named Haito Le Buffet transfers into Touya’s class, his life takes a turn for the extraordinary. Haito, a “Returner,” can use the “Branch of Reincarnation” to channel the powers and abilities of her past life as the renowned swordsman Musashi! Now embroiled with the secret society called the “Forest of the Greats,” Touya begins to explore his own past life’s talents alongside the reincarnations of famed figures like Newton, Einstein, and more… but not all Returners intend to use their legendary talents for good.
Previous promos and visuals:
© 小西幹久 / マッグガーデン ・ 「リィンカーネーションの花弁」 製作委員会
© 小西幹久 / マッグガーデン ・ 「リィンカーネーションの花弁」 製作委員会
©小西幹久／マッグガーデン・「リィンカーネーションの花弁」製作委員会
©小西幹久／マッグガーデン・「リィンカーネーションの花弁」製作委員会
©小西幹久／マッグガーデン・「リィンカーネーションの花弁」製作委員会
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