A teaser trailer and visual were released today for the anime adaptation of Yuhiro Tsujitsugu's Snowball Earth manga, revealing a planned April 2026 broadcast, main cast members and additional production staff. Takuto Yoshinaga (Tsukushi in DAYS ) leads the action sci-fi series as Tetsuo Yabusame, joined by Daisuke Hirakawa as Yukio, Ami Koshimizu as Ao Nogi and Konomi Tamura as Hagane Takimura. Snowball Earth Teaser Trailer Snowball Earth Teaser Visual The newly announced staff are as follows: Mecha Designer: Se-Joon Kim ( Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time ) Monster Designer: Ryuta Yanagi ( Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale ) Art Director: Mari Fujino Color Designer: Hironori Noji CG Director: Hironori Motooka Motion Graphics: Hiromu Oshiro Directors of Photography: Kenta Hayashi, Shota Kodera Editor: Tomoki Nagasaka Music Composers: Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, YUKI KANESAKA RELATED: Snowball Earth Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026 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: Comic Natalie
