Now That We Draw Anime Drops First Trailer, Lands January 2027

The anime adaptation of Now That We Draw has officially arrived with its first teaser trailer and a firm January 2027 release date. The series is directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa at studio ROLL2, with Deko Akao handling series composition and Hiromi Nakagawa designing characters.

The voice cast pairs Sayumi Suzushiro as Niina Miyamoto and Ayumu Murase as Yuuki Uehara—two aspiring manga creators who enter a fake relationship to gain romantic experience for their work. It's the kind of premise that lives or dies on chemistry, and the casting suggests someone at ROLL2 knows what they're doing.

The anime adapts the manga by Kyu Takahata and Yuwji Kaba, which has been serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine. That pedigree matters: Young Animal publishes work with genuine narrative ambition, not just the usual rom-com scaffolding. If the source material has teeth, Ishikawa's direction could make this more than a pleasant distraction.

January 2027 is still over a year away, so this teaser is essentially a promise. But the infrastructure is solid—a director with a track record, a studio willing to invest in character work, and a premise that hinges on two people learning to read each other. That's the kind of setup that can either sing or collapse entirely depending on execution. The trailer will tell us which way this is headed.

Source: kakunaru-anime.com