It was announced that Yuhiro Tsujitsugu’s Snowball Earth manga will receive a television anime adaptation! An exact release date wasn’t mentioned, but it will premiere at some point in 2026.
The initial staff have been announced as follows:
- Director: Munehisa Sakai
- Studio: Studio KAI
- Producer: TOHO Animation
- Assistant Director: Takeshi Iwata
- Scripts: Shigeru Murakoshi
- Chief Animation Director: Toshiya Kouno
Snowball Earth is described as follows:
In the year 2025, huge beasts from beyond the galaxy attacked Earth. In the war that followed, humanity fought back with a giant robot named Yukio, piloted by Tetsuo Yabusame. As the massive alien swarm closed in on humanity’s homeworld, Tetsuo and the Earth Defense Force deployed for the final battle with the invading horde. They lost…
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?
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork
