{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d6674a35decfe453a620bb73","clusterId":"c_d1e6a9c7b0d532259e62bee6","slug":"gyakusatsu-kigen-manga-gets-animated-promo-for-first-volume","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Gyakusatsu Kigen Manga Gets Animated Promo for First Volume","summary":"Kodansha's Afternoon magazine streamed an animated promotional video on Wednesday for the debut of the first compiled volume of Gyakusatsu Kigen, the new manga by Shiwasu Hoshikawa and Yuichiro Momose. The volume shipped on Thursday. Soma Saito narrates the video, with Takehiro Kubota storyboarding. The manga launched in Afternoon on May 25 and follows high schooler Rakki after a delinquent called \"A\" rescues him from a classmate fight.","whyItMatters":"The promo is a volume-debut push for a manga that has only been running since May, and it pulls in a narrator and storyboarder with credits outside Afternoon's usual orbit.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe video credits Kubota, who storyboarded My Happy Marriage, as storyboarder, with Atsushi Ikariya and Keita Shimizu as key animators. Masakazu Miyake and Taichi Maezuka drew the backgrounds, Tetsuya Tatamitani edited and handled compositing photography, Yashikin composed the music, and Ippei Tomari is credited for sound effects and casting.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story runs through a Japan filled with daily news of brutal crimes. Rakki is pulled out of a fight with a classmate by a delinquent known as \u0026#34;A,\u0026#34; and then two killers called \u0026#34;K\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;D\u0026#34; appear. Hoshikawa and Momose launched the manga in Afternoon on May 25.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Gyakusatsu Kigen gets a promotional video before it has an anime: Soma Saito voices the trailer, which sells a mood more than a broadcast deal.","twitterPost":"Soma Saito voices the Gyakusatsu Kigen promo video, not an anime. The trailer is the marketing, not a greenlight.","threadsPost":"Gyakusatsu Kigen's promo video uses Soma Saito and storyboarder Takehiro Kubota to sell volume one. That is a trailer budget for a manga with no anime announced, so the video is marketing for the book, not a greenlight.","newsletterBlurb":"Kodansha's Afternoon channel streamed an animated promo for the first compiled volume of Gyakusatsu Kigen, the manga Shiwasu Hoshikawa and Yuichiro Momose launched in May. Soma Saito narrates the video, and Takehiro Kubota storyboarded it. The volume shipped the day after the video went up.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/gyakusatsu-kigen-manga-gets-animated-promotional-video/.243087\",\"title\":\"Gyakusatsu Kigen Manga Gets Animated Promotional Video\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4651,"outputTokens":651,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792676231,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T13:31:30.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T13:36:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T13:36:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d1e6a9c7b0d532259e62bee6","canonicalTitle":"News\nGyakusatsu Kigen Manga Gets Animated Promotional Video","representativeArticleId":"a_0282d0a74d6422e27ec12c94","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Gyakusatsu Kigen\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Sōma Saitō\",\"Takehiro Kubota\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T11:29:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T11:29:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T13:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/gyakusatsu-kigen-manga-gets-animated-promotional-video/.243087","title":"News\nGyakusatsu Kigen Manga Gets Animated Promotional Video"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Gyakusatsu Kigen"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Sōma Saitō","Takehiro Kubota"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}