{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f9ee77dead6d54c93aceef08","clusterId":"c_cce51d64b3f72a8b449fc77a","slug":"the-moon-on-a-rainy-night-anime-unveils-cast-and-2027-premiere","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Moon On A Rainy Night Anime Unveils Cast And 2027 Premiere","summary":"The television anime of Kuzushiro's The Moon on a Rainy Night manga released its first full promotional video on Wednesday, and the video names the main cast and additional staff. Iori Saeki plays Saki Kindaichi and Sora Amamiya plays Kanon Oikawa. The anime is slated to premiere in 2027. Tomoe Makino directs at CompTown, Shogo Yasukawa handles series composition and scripts, Ayumi Nishibata designs the characters, and jizue composes the music. The newly listed staff include Seung Deok Kim and Tsutomu Tomoyuki as assistant directors, Haruko Nobori as color key artist, Mai Ichioka as art director, Atsushi Sato as compositing director of photography, Masahiro Goto as editor, and Nobuyuki Abe as sound director. CompTown president Masao Yamamura is credited as animation producer. Kodansha USA licensed the manga, which Kuzushiro launched on Kodansha's Comic Days website in June 2021.","whyItMatters":"The trailer attaches specific names to a production that had only been announced, and the cast announcement arrives roughly 12 months ahead of the stated 2027 premiere.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe trailer\u0026#39;s staff list carries a few names worth pulling out: \u003cem\u003eAharen-san wa Hakarenai\u003c/em\u003e director Tomoe Makino is attached as director, with Shogo Yasukawa writing and overseeing the series scripts and Ayumi Nishibata designing the characters. jizue handles the music.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKodansha\u0026#39;s Japanese run has reached 12 volumes, the most recent published on June 19. Kodansha USA released the eighth volume digitally on December 23. The story follows Saki Kindaichi, who runs into Kanon Oikawa on the way to a piano lesson, then finds her seated at the next desk on the first day of high school. Kanon is hard of hearing and keeps people at a distance by reading lips.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKuzushiro\u0026#39;s other credits include \u003cem\u003eLiving With My Brother\u0026#39;s Wife\u003c/em\u003e, published in English by Manga UP!, and \u003cem\u003eMama Akuma\u003c/em\u003e, published by Yen Press. A television anime of her \u003cem\u003eEgao no Taenai Shokuba Desu\u003c/em\u003e premiered in October 2025, and Crunchyroll streamed it as \u003cem\u003eA Mangaka\u0026#39;s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Iori Saeki and Sora Amamiya lead The Moon On A Rainy Night. The 2027 date buys CompTown time, but the studio's credited animation producer is also its president, so the schedule runs through one office.","twitterPost":"The Moon On A Rainy Night cast Iori Saeki and Sora Amamiya. CompTown's president is also its animation producer for the 2027 premiere.","threadsPost":"Iori Saeki and Sora Amamiya are cast as Saki Kindaichi and Kanon Oikawa in The Moon On A Rainy Night. CompTown's credited animation producer, Masao Yamamura, is also the studio's president, which puts the 2027 schedule under one office.","newsletterBlurb":"The Moon on a Rainy Night anime put out its first full promotional video on Wednesday, pairing the main cast with a 2027 premiere window. Iori Saeki and Sora Amamiya lead as Saki Kindaichi and Kanon Oikawa, with Tomoe Makino directing at CompTown and Shogo Yasukawa writing the scripts. The video also filled in the rest of the staff, from art director to composer.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-07/the-moon-on-a-rainy-night-anime-1st-video-reveals-cast-more-staff/.242577\",\"title\":\"The Moon on a Rainy Night Anime's 1st Video Reveals Cast, More Staff\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/the-moon-on-a-rainy-night-reveals-first-trailer-main-cast/\",\"title\":\"The Moon on a Rainy Night Reveals First Trailer, Main Cast\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10094,"outputTokens":1372,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791366728,"createdAt":"2026-10-07T09:46:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T09:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T09:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_cce51d64b3f72a8b449fc77a","canonicalTitle":"The Moon on a Rainy Night Reveals First Trailer, Main Cast","representativeArticleId":"a_fc99d7c36f47f39ec5a2ab09","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"The Moon on a Rainy Night\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Iori Saeki\",\"Sora Amamiya\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-07T06:12:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-07T07:43:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T09:51:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-07/the-moon-on-a-rainy-night-anime-1st-video-reveals-cast-more-staff/.242577","title":"News\nThe Moon on a Rainy Night Anime's 1st Video Reveals Cast, More Staff"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/the-moon-on-a-rainy-night-reveals-first-trailer-main-cast/","title":"The Moon on a Rainy Night Reveals First Trailer, Main Cast"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["The Moon on a Rainy Night"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Iori Saeki","Sora Amamiya"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The Moon on a Rainy Night anime streamed its first full promotional video on Wednesday and is slated to premiere in 2027.","Iori Saeki voices Saki Kindaichi and Sora Amamiya voices Kanon Oikawa in The Moon on a Rainy Night anime.","Tomoe Makino directs The Moon on a Rainy Night at CompTown, with Shogo Yasukawa on series composition and scripts and Ayumi Nishibata on character design.","Kuzushiro launched The Moon on a Rainy Night manga on Kodansha's Comic Days website in June 2021, and Kodansha published the 12th volume in Japan on June 19.","Kodansha USA licensed The Moon on a Rainy Night manga and released the eighth volume digitally on December 23."]}