{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b83daea360feeab34b3f3450","clusterId":"c_bab4fc603403591e534b1b6d","slug":"aoharu-once-more-bl-manga-gets-light-anime-from-balloon-label","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Aoharu Once More BL Manga Gets Light Anime From BALLOON Label","summary":"Toworu Miyata's boys' love manga Aoharu Once More is getting a light anime adaptation. Rikako Machida directs at IMAGICA Infos, with Morrigan composing and Kazuya Takahashi supervising production. The project is the third from the BALLOON label, which launched last year. Tokyopop has licensed the manga for English release.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation is the third project out of the BALLOON label, which aims to produce four new titles in fiscal 2026 and scale toward 10 or more projects a year by 2028.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement came Thursday through the BALLOON project\u0026#39;s social media account. Rikako Machida, known for series composition on Saved by the Ice Cold Prince\u0026#39;s Embrace, directs at IMAGICA Infos. Morrigan handles the music, and Kazuya Takahashi supervises production.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTokyopop has licensed the source manga and will release it in English. The story follows Hayato Kobayashi, who dreams of his high school days and the beautiful Ritsu Onishi. The manga\u0026#39;s first compiled volume shipped in June 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBALLOON launched last year as a boys\u0026#39; love label backed by Dai Nippon Printing, CYBIRD, and BLUE RIGHTS. Its previous projects include light anime adaptations of Saioshi no Gikei o Mederu Tame, Nagaikishimasu! and Perfect Addiction.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Aoharu Once More lands as the third BALLOON label title, pairing a director new to the label with the team behind its earlier releases.","twitterPost":"Aoharu Once More is BALLOON's third title, yet it hands direction to Rikako Machida, a fresh name for the label.","threadsPost":"Aoharu Once More is BALLOON's third project, but it breaks from the label's pattern by putting Rikako Machida in the director's chair, while Morrigan and Kazuya Takahashi stay from the earlier releases.","newsletterBlurb":"Toworu Miyata's boys' love manga Aoharu Once More is headed for a light anime adaptation, directed by Rikako Machida at IMAGICA Infos. The project is the third from the BALLOON label, which is scaling up production. Tokyopop will release the manga in English.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-03/toworu-miyata-aoharu-once-more-bl-manga-gets-light-anime/.241290\",\"title\":\"Toworu Miyata's Aoharu Once More BL Manga Gets Light Anime\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4411,"outputTokens":627,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":null,"createdAt":"2026-09-03T08:41:21.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T08:45:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-03T08:45:04.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_bab4fc603403591e534b1b6d","canonicalTitle":"News\nToworu Miyata's Aoharu Once More BL Manga Gets Light Anime","representativeArticleId":"a_bb3f2d08d2ed8a0159aaa8f8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Aoharu Once More\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"IMAGICA Infos\"],\"people\":[\"Toworu Miyata\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-03T07:58:07.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-03T07:58:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-03T08:45:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-03/toworu-miyata-aoharu-once-more-bl-manga-gets-light-anime/.241290","title":"News\nToworu Miyata's Aoharu Once More BL Manga Gets Light Anime"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Aoharu Once More"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["IMAGICA Infos"],"people":["Toworu Miyata"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}