{"rewrite":{"id":"r_559fff27e7d6b0f8f5f44e75","clusterId":"c_a8c7dbc968d3528819aafee3","slug":"shallm-perform-opening-theme-for-now-that-we-draw-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"shallm Perform Opening Theme For Now That We Draw Anime","summary":"The official website for the television anime of Kyu Takahata and Yuji Kaba's Now That We Draw manga announced on Thursday that shallm, the band of vocalist lia, will perform the opening theme song Kimiiro Hikari, written specifically for the anime. The anime premieres in January 2027, with Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro starring as Yuki Uehara and Niina Miyamoto.","whyItMatters":"With the premiere set for January 2027 and the song written specifically for the production, the opening theme announcement is one of the few concrete pieces of the adaptation confirmed so far while the rest of the rollout remains ahead.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eShunsuke Ishikawa, whose credits include BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-, directs the anime at ROLL2. Deko Akao supervises and writes the series scripts, and Hiromi Nakagawa designs the characters, with Infinite producing.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manga, by Kyu Takahata and Yuji Kaba, launched in Hakusensha\u0026#39;s Young Animal magazine in 2023. Hakusensha published the eighth compiled volume on September 29, and Seven Seas Entertainment published the fifth volume in English on July 28.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"shallm, the band of vocalist lia, will perform Kimiiro Hikari, the opening theme for the Now That We Draw anime, written specifically for the show. The adaptation premieres in January 2027 with Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro starring.","twitterPost":"shallm, vocalist lia's band, will perform the opening theme Kimiiro Hikari for the Now That We Draw anime, written specifically for the show. The series premieres in January 2027 with Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro starring.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Now That We Draw anime has its opening theme: shallm, the band of vocalist lia, will perform Kimiiro Hikari, written specifically for the series. The adaptation of Kyu Takahata and Yuji Kaba's manga premieres in January 2027, with Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro in the lead roles. Shunsuke Ishikawa directs at ROLL2.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-08/shallm-perform-opening-theme-song-for-now-that-we-draw-anime/.242638\",\"title\":\"shallm Perform Opening Theme Song for 'Now That We Draw' Anime\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4481,"outputTokens":613,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791479231,"createdAt":"2026-10-08T17:01:25.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T17:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T17:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a8c7dbc968d3528819aafee3","canonicalTitle":"News\nshallm Perform Opening Theme Song for 'Now That We Draw' Anime","representativeArticleId":"a_226d69e2457e13b84402b269","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Now That We Draw\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"Now That We Draw\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"lia\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-08T15:31:20.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-08T15:31:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T17:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-08/shallm-perform-opening-theme-song-for-now-that-we-draw-anime/.242638","title":"News\nshallm Perform Opening Theme Song for 'Now That We Draw' Anime"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Now That We Draw"],"manga_titles":["Now That We Draw"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["lia"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}