{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6a6052ac7bcb65fa85cc26b4","clusterId":"c_585a82a4f5ce6f4444ea272e","slug":"the-vermilion-mask-anime-sets-second-part-for-april-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Vermilion Mask Anime Sets Second Part For April 2027","summary":"The second part of The Vermilion Mask anime will debut in April 2027 on Yomiuri TV and NTV, airing Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. JST. The first part premieres on October 10 at the same slot, with two parts planned. Crunchyroll streams the series. Tetsuaki Watanabe directs at 100Studio, and the cast includes Taihi Kimura as Peru d'Arrest.","whyItMatters":"The two-part split and the fixed Saturday 5:30 p.m. slot on Yomiuri TV and NTV confirm the production was built as a year-spanning broadcast rather than a single continuous run.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe second part of The Vermilion Mask will run on Yomiuri TV and NTV from April 2027, in the same Saturday 5:30 p.m. JST slot the first part takes when it premieres on October 10. The adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba\u0026#39;s manga is split into two parts. Tetsuaki Watanabe, who directed BLUELOCK season 1, directs at 100Studio, with Daisuke Ohigashi on series composition and Arisa Okehazama composing. Crunchyroll streams the series.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Vermilion Mask is splitting into two parts across the same Saturday 5:30 p.m. slot, so the break between October 10 and April 2027 is a scheduling choice, not a production delay.","twitterPost":"The Vermilion Mask holds one Saturday 5:30 p.m. slot across both parts, making the six-month gap between October 10 and April 2027 deliberate.","threadsPost":"The Vermilion Mask airs both parts in the same Saturday 5:30 p.m. slot on Yomiuri TV and NTV, which turns the October 10 to April 2027 break into a programming decision rather than a gap forced by production.","newsletterBlurb":"The Vermilion Mask will air its second part in April 2027 on Yomiuri TV and NTV, in the Saturday 5:30 p.m. JST slot. The first part premieres October 10 in that same slot, with the series split into two parts. Crunchyroll streams.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-08/the-vermilion-mask-anime-2nd-part-debuts-in-april-2027/.242631\",\"title\":\"The Vermilion Mask Anime's 2nd Part Debuts in April 2027\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4566,"outputTokens":595,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791460327,"createdAt":"2026-10-08T11:46:23.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T11:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T11:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_585a82a4f5ce6f4444ea272e","canonicalTitle":"News\nThe Vermilion Mask Anime's 2nd Part Debuts in April 2027","representativeArticleId":"a_fab0553c79155ce1c2b51380","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"The Vermilion Mask\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"The Vermilion Mask\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Dr.Poro\",\"Nabana Naba\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-08T10:42:34.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-08T10:42:34.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T11:51:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-08/the-vermilion-mask-anime-2nd-part-debuts-in-april-2027/.242631","title":"News\nThe Vermilion Mask Anime's 2nd Part Debuts in April 2027"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["The Vermilion Mask"],"manga_titles":["The Vermilion Mask"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Dr.Poro","Nabana Naba"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}