The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kuzushiro‘s manga Amayo no Tsuki (The Moon on a Rainy Night) began streaming the series’ first full promotional video on Wednesday. The video announces the main cast members and a new wave of staff.
Main Cast
- Iori Saeki as Saki Kindaichi
- Sora Amamiya as Kanon Oikawa
Newly Announced Staff
- Seung Deok Kim and Tsutomu Tomoyuki — Assistant Directors
- Haruko Nobori — Color Key Artist
- Mai Ichioka — Art Director
- Atsushi Satō — Compositing Director of Photography
- Masahiro Gotō — Editor
- Nobuyuki Abe — Sound Director
- jizue — Music Composer
- Masao Yamamura (CompTown president) — Animation Producer
Core Staff
Tomoe Makino (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, A Tale of the Secret Saint, Woodpecker Detective’s Office) is directing the anime at studio CompTown. Shōgo Yasukawa (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Mitsuboshi Colors, Rock is a Lady’s Modesty) is handling series composition, and Ayumi Nishibata (Otherside Picnic, Migi & Dali) is designing the characters.
Story
One rainy night, Saki is rushing to a piano lesson when she collides with a beautiful, long-haired girl and drops her sheet music. The girl quietly returns the sheets and walks away without a word. The next morning, on her first day of high school, Saki discovers that same girl — Kanon — sitting right next to her. Kanon is hard of hearing and must be close to others to lip-read, yet she keeps people at arm’s length with a cold demeanor. Through small acts of kindness, Saki gradually chips away at the walls Kanon has built around herself, all while noticing something new beginning to bloom within her own heart.
About the Manga
Kuzushiro launched the manga on Kodansha’s Comic Days website in June 2021. The 12th volume was published in Japan on June 19, while Kodansha USA released the eighth volume digitally on December 23. Kodansha USA holds the English-language license for the series.
Kuzushiro’s Other Works
Kuzushiro is also the creator of Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu, Chihaya-san wa Sono Mama de Ii, Living With My Brother’s Wife (Ani no Yome to Kurashiteimasu.), Tobaku Senpai Nani Kakeru?, and Akuma no Mama (Mama Akuma). Manga UP! publishes Living With My Brother’s Wife in English, and Yen Press publishes Mama Akuma in English. A TV anime adaptation of Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu debuted in October 2025, with Crunchyroll streaming it as A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace. Kuzushiro’s earlier manga Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san also received a 13-episode TV anime adaptation that premiered in April 2014.
The Amayo no Tsuki anime is set to premiere in 2027.

