Eren the Southpaw Anime Gets Teaser Trailer and April 2026 Release Window

The graffiti-focused manga Eren the Southpaw is getting a TV anime adaptation that will air in April 2026 (cue a thousand Attack on Titan-related jokes and/or puns). The announcement came alongside a teaser trailer, staff reveal, and promotional visual, which can be seen below.

As translated by Anime News Network, the teaser trailer offers the following story summary:

“Halfway through high school, everyone begins to seriously consider their future. Koichi Asakura, who aspires to attend an art school to become a designer, is shocked one day by graffiti scrawled on the wall of an art museum. The artist is Eren Yamagishi, a left-handed high school student whose talents have been suppressed since a certain incident.

The two eventually come to recognize each other through drawing, and Koichi embarks on his path to becoming a designer, while Eren embarks on her path to becoming a painter.”

Koichi will be played by Shouya Chiba (Shinei in 86, Taiki in Blue Box), and Eren will be played by Yumi Uchiyama (Aqua in Oshi no Ko, Rei in March Comes in Like a Lion).

The show is being animated by Signal MD (Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, FLCL Progressive, The Fire Hunter) alongside Production I.G. (Haikyuu!!, Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex, and hundreds of others). It will be directed by Toshimasa Suzuki (RWBY: Ice Queendom), and the series composition will be handled by Taku Kishimoto (Fruit Basket, Haikyuu!!, Ranking of Kings, Blue Lock).

Kappi’s web manga initially debuted in 2016, before being remade in 2017 in Shonen Jump+ with illustrations by nifuni. There it ran for 24 volumes before concluding in 2022. The series was adapted into a 10-episode live-action drama in 2019.

The anime was initially announced all the way back in 2022, around the same time that the manga concluded. That long lead time isn’t necessarily unusual for an anime, as it often takes a while to find a studio, assemble the staff, and schedule the production.

You can watch the teaser video for the upcoming series here: