An official website and X (formerly Twitter) account opened today revealed that a TV anime adaptation of Yuhiro Tsujitsugu's Snowball Earth manga is in production at Studio KAI ( Sentenced to Be a Hero ) for a 2026 broadcast. The below super teaser visual was unveiled, featuring the tagline, "Traverse the frozen world." Snowball Earth Super Teaser Visual RELATED: Essential Sci-Fi Anime on Crunchyroll, From Akira to Space Dandy Munehisa Sakai ( ZOMBIE LAND SAGA ) directs the Snowball Earth anime at Studio KAI, with assistant direction by Takeshi Iwata, series composition by Shigeru Murakoshi ( Apocalypse Hotel ) and character designs by Toshiya Kono ( 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess ), who also serves as chief animation director. Viz Media publishes an official English version of the original manga and describes the story: Yukio was destroyed in battle and Tetsuo survived in an escape pod. After eight years in cold sleep, the escape pod finally lands back on Earth. But when Tetsuo emerges he finds a world in ruins, entirely frozen beneath a blanket of ice and snow—snowball Earth! What happened to humanity, how did the planet freeze over, and will Tetsuo be able to keep his last promise to Yukio? Source: Official Website
