{"rewrite":{"id":"r_41f322050f1d0be9cdab2138","clusterId":"c_b87131a4adafd840c8dd5d2a","slug":"mellow-s-under-the-moon-at-the-end-of-the-east-opens-with-episode-1-on-youtube","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Mellow's Under the Moon at the End of the East Opens With Episode 1 on YouTube","summary":"Puente Inc. released Episode 1 of the original anime Under the Moon at the End of the East on the Mellow YouTube channel on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The episode, titled No Umbrella, runs about three minutes and carries English subtitles. The series adapts Mellow's novel and song of the same name across 12 episodes, with new episodes and shorts every Friday at 20:00 through Episode 12.","whyItMatters":"A 12-episode, three-minute-per-episode run released weekly on Mellow's own channel with English subtitles built in points to a short-form distribution model aimed past the domestic market from the first episode.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEpisode 1, No Umbrella, opens on a rainy night: an unsealed letter from 52 years ago turns up inside a 1,500-yen used record, addressed to Ninako. Luna, a girl who cannot give her name, leaves her umbrella behind and walks into the rain. A vertical short video went up alongside the main episode.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazuo Hoshina wrote and directed, and Puente Inc. produces. Each episode ends with Mellow\u0026#39;s theme song in full chorus. The source novel is available in Japanese and English editions.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mellow's Under the Moon at the End of the East runs about three minutes per episode across 12 weeks. The short runtime is the format, not a compromise: a novel and a song compressed into a weekly YouTube slot.","twitterPost":"Under the Moon at the End of the East gives each episode about three minutes. Mellow's novel and song get a weekly short-form slot, not a full-length adaptation.","threadsPost":"Under the Moon at the End of the East runs about three minutes per episode, English subtitled, every Friday at 20:00 through Episode 12. Mellow's novel and song are being adapted at short-form length, which sets different expectations than a standard TV run.","newsletterBlurb":"Puente Inc. released Episode 1 of Under the Moon at the End of the East, the anime built from Mellow's novel and song, on the Mellow YouTube channel on November 7. The run is 12 episodes at roughly three minutes each, with English subtitles on every entry. New episodes and shorts arrive Fridays at 20:00 through Episode 12.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/449/4449512/?rss\",\"title\":\"Original anime \\\"Under the Moon at the End of the East,\\\" based on Mellow's novel and theme song, releases Episode 1 \\\"No Umbrella\\\" on YouTube - new episodes every Friday at 20:00 (12 episodes total)\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5616,"outputTokens":766,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794021596,"createdAt":"2026-11-07T03:14:29.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-07T03:18:54.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-07T03:18:54.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b87131a4adafd840c8dd5d2a","canonicalTitle":"Mellow原作・主題歌のオリジナルアニメ「東の果ての月の下に」第1話「傘がない」をYouTubeで公開　毎週金曜20:00更新（全12話）","representativeArticleId":"a_7c5b825456e5f51f5c879ee2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Higashi no Hate no Tsuki no Shita ni\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Mellow\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-06T19:11:49.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-06T19:11:49.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-07T03:18:53.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/449/4449512/?rss","title":"Mellow原作・主題歌のオリジナルアニメ「東の果ての月の下に」第1話「傘がない」をYouTubeで公開　毎週金曜20:00更新（全12話）"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Higashi no Hate no Tsuki no Shita ni"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Mellow"],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Episode 1 of Under the Moon at the End of the East, titled No Umbrella, was released on YouTube on Saturday, November 7, 2026.","The anime adapts Mellow's novel and song of the same name and runs 12 episodes at about three minutes each.","Kazuo Hoshina wrote and directed the series, and Puente Inc. produces it.","New episodes and short videos are scheduled every Friday at 20:00 through Episode 12.","Every episode includes English subtitles, and each ends with Mellow's theme song in full chorus."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["higashi-no-hate-no-tsuki-no-shita-ni","mellow"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"higashi-no-hate-no-tsuki-no-shita-ni","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"mellow","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":3,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}