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The Vermilion Mask Anime's 2nd Part Debuts in April 2027

The official website for the anime of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's The Vermillion Mask (Shuiro no Kamen) manga announced on Thursday that the anime's second part will debut in April 2027 on the Yomiuri TV and NTV channels, and will air every Saturday at 5:30 p.m. JST.

Yomiuri TV describes the anime:

At the center of the story is Peru, a young apprentice mask maker who loses control under the influence of a cursed mask, slaying both his master and comrades in a tragic outburst. Wracked with guilt, Peru sets off on a journey to destroy the legendary masks his master once crafted, crossing paths with unlikely allies and deadly foes. What unfolds is a gripping battle for redemption, as both the fate of Peru's soul and the world itself hang in the balance.

The anime will premiere on October 10 on Yomiuri TV and NTV at 5:30 p.m. JST, and it will have two parts or cours (quarters of a year). Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs.

The anime stars:

• Taihi Kimura as Peru d'Arrest
• Yūki Yamamoto as Sonarue Maywood
• Kazuki Ura as Mok Sharib
• Takanori Hoshino as Gouon
• Wataru Komada as Totoque
• Junya Enoki as Zent
• Kazuhiko Inoue as Gaston
• Akio Ōtsuka as Mask of the Warrior God
• Kenji Nojima as Hien
• Aoi Koga as Lasgarl
• Yūki Shin as Clown
• Akihisa Wakayama as Rinne
• Aya Endō as The Mask of Necromancy
• Yui Horie as Master

T.N.T rock band's vocalist Yuya Tegoshi will also voice a character in the anime's 12th episode. (That episode will be the final episode of the anime's first part.)

Tetsuaki Watanabe (BLUELOCK season 1) is directing the anime at 100Studio (WOW Studio). Gai Hazako is the assistant director. Daisuke Ōhigashi (Fate/strange Fake) is in charge of series composition. Hisashi Higashijima (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) is drawing the character designs. Fumiyuki Go is the sound director. Arisa Okehazama (The Apothecary Diaries) is composing the music.

MAN WITH A MISSION performs the opening theme song "Firestarter," and yutori performs the ending theme song "Koe."

Dr.Poro and Naba launched the manga in Shōnengahōsha's Young King Ours magazine in February 2021. Shōnengahōsha will publish the manga's 10th compiled book volume on November 30.

Orange's emaqi e-bookstore platform publishes the manga in English.

Sources: The Vermillion Mask anime's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web