{"rewrite":{"id":"r_97861db37463a2639bfb36e5","clusterId":"c_8ac622dd6c9ad4041ee5d96e","slug":"ippatu-s-tsugumi-project-manga-gets-tv-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Tsugumi Project Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation","summary":"Ippatu's post-apocalyptic manga Tsugumi Project is being adapted into a television anime, as announced on July 14, 2026. A teaser website, promotional video, and visual were released alongside the announcement. The series, originally titled Toratsugumi in Japan, follows a soldier named Leon who is falsely imprisoned and sent on a suicide mission to recover a dangerous weapon called Tsugumi from a radiation-ravaged Japan overrun by mutated monsters. The manga debuted in France in 2019 through Ki-oon, where it became a hit, before being serialized in Japan in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine starting in January 2021. It concluded in September 2023 with a total of seven compiled volumes, the last of which was published in Japan in November 2023 and in English by Kodansha USA in September 2025. Creator ippatu expressed surprise and gratitude in a comment released with the announcement. To commemorate the adaptation, two volumes of the manga are available for free on YanMaga Web from July 14 to July 20.","whyItMatters":"The manga's unusual path-debuting in France before finding a Japanese audience-shows how cross-border publishing can build a franchise that later attracts domestic anime adaptation.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAlong with the announcement, the teaser visual and promotional video were released on the official website and social media channels. Ippatu, the creator, commented: \u0026#39;Wow, Tora Tsugumi is getting an anime adaptation...! I\u0026#39;m utterly surprised. This is all thanks to everyone who read it.\u0026#39; Ippatu previously worked as a character designer on Mamoru Hosoda\u0026#39;s films Belle and Hateshinaki Scarlet. The manga is known for its survival sci-fi action set in a future Japan that has become a demon realm due to high radiation and grotesque creatures. The story centers on the protagonist Leone and a mysterious girl named Tsugumi. To celebrate the anime, Kodansha is offering two volumes of the manga for free on YanMaga Web through July 20. The manga originally launched in France in 2019 via Ki-oon, then moved to Japan\u0026#39;s Weekly Young Magazine in 2021, where it ran until 2023. The seventh and final volume shipped in Japan in November 2023 and in France in February 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ippatu on 'Tsugumi Project' getting an anime: 'Wow, I'm utterly surprised. This is all thanks to everyone who read it.'","twitterPost":"To celebrate the anime adaptation, two volumes of 'Tsugumi Project' are free on YanMaga Web until July 20.","threadsPost":"Tsugumi Project's anime announcement is notable for what it does not include: a studio or staff. The manga, originally published in France in 2019 and later in Japan from 2021 to 2023, follows a soldier in a post-apocalyptic Japan. The adaptation arrives after the story's conclusion.","newsletterBlurb":"Ippatu's post-apocalyptic manga 'Tsugumi Project' is getting a TV anime. The series, which started in France before moving to Japan, follows a soldier on a suicide mission in a radiation-soaked Japan. A teaser visual and PV are out now.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-14/ippatu-tsugumi-project-manga-gets-tv-anime/.239577\",\"title\":\"News ippatu's Tsugumi Project Manga Gets TV Anime\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2607142l\",\"title\":\"Toratsugumi -TSUGUMI PROJECT- TV Anime Adaptation Announced. 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