“The Moon on a Rainy Night” TV Anime Releases 1st Trailer
The official website for “The Moon on a Rainy Night” released the first trailer for the upcoming Yuri TV anime. The Girls Love anime is set to premiere in 2027.
According to REMOW, “the trailer features Closed Caption subtitles in 17 languages, including dialogue, sound effects, and music, so fans around the world can fully experience ‘The Moon on a Rainy Night’”. In addition, the main website announced the main cast members for the series. The cast members include Iori Saeki as “Saki Kindaichi” and Sora Amamiya as “Kanon Oikawa”.
The TV anime is being produced by CompTown with Tomoe Makino directing, and Shōgo Yasukawa writing and overseeing the series scripts. The character design will be handled by Ayumi Nishibata with Haruko Nobori as the color key artist. Mai Ichioka will serve as the art director with Atsushi Satō as the compositing director of photography, and Masahiro Gotō as the editor. Sound direction will be handled by Nobuyuki Abe with jizue as the musical composer.
“The Moon on a Rainy Night” is based on the manga by artist and creator Kuzushiro. The on-going manga was first launched on Kodansha's Comic Days website in June 2021 and currently had 12 volumes on print in Japan. Kuzushiro is best known for creating the manga “Living With My Brother's Wife” and “A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace” (Egao no Taenai Shokuba desu). “The Moon on a Rainy Night” anime was initially announced in November 2024 by Kodansha USA. In August 2026, REMOW announced at their Anime NYC panel that the anime was set to be released in 2027.
Kodansha USA is publishing “The Moon on a Rainy Night” in English in print and digitally. There are currently 8 volumes released. Volume 9 is set to be released on January 19, 2027.
Sources: “The Moon on a Rainy Night” website and X account. REMOW X account.
