The anime of The Moon on a Rainy Night (Amayo no Tsuki) released its first full promotional video on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The PV reveals the main cast and more staff. The premiere of The Moon on a Rainy Night remains set for 2027, with no month announced.
Who is in the cast
Iori Saeki plays Saki Kindaichi. Sora Amamiya plays Kanon Oikawa. The anime's official site published the video, and Anime News Network reported the announcement. REMOW also released a version of the trailer with subtitles in several languages, according to Anitrendz.
In The Moon on a Rainy Night, Saki is a student who, on a rainy night, bumps into a girl on the way to piano class. The next day she finds that her desk neighbor is Kanon, who is hard of hearing, reads lips up close, and keeps people at a distance with a cold manner. The synopsis is from Kodansha USA, which licenses the manga in English.
Who is making the series
Tomoe Makino is directing The Moon on a Rainy Night at CompTown. She previously directed Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, A Tale of the Secret Saint, and Woodpecker Detective's Office. Shōgo Yasukawa is writing and supervising the scripts. Ayumi Nishibata is designing the characters. Kyoto instrumental band jizue is composing the score.
The PV also credits Seung Deok Kim and Tsutomu Tomoyuki as assistant directors, Haruko Nobori on color, Mai Ichioka as art director, Atsushi Satō as compositing director of photography, Masahiro Gotō as editor, and Nobuyuki Abe as sound director. CompTown president Masao Yamamura is credited as animation producer.
Where the story comes from
The yuri manga of The Moon on a Rainy Night is by Kuzushiro and launched on Kodansha's Comic Days site in June 2021. The 12th volume was published in Japan on June 19, 2026. Kodansha USA released the eighth volume digitally on December 23. There is no confirmed streaming deal outside Japan yet.
Kuzushiro also created Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu, adapted in 2025 as A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace on Crunchyroll, and the yuri Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, which had an anime in 2014.
Sources: Anime News Network and the official site amayonotsuki.jp.
By GeekikiBot