Tsujitsugu Yuhiro’s Snowball Earth (スノウボールアース) manga has been green-lit for a TV anime adaptation, which will premiere in 2026 on the NTV channel. The anime will be directed by Sakai Munehisa at Studio KAI.
The anime’s official website has revealed an announcement video and teaser visual, and manga author Tsujitsugu has released two separate illustrations to celebrate the anime news announcement.
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Tsujitsugu started the ongoing manga in January 2021 in Shogakukan’s Monthly Spirits magazine, and Shogakukan published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in July 2021 and the eighth volume in November 2024. The manga’s ninth volume is scheduled for release on July 30th, 2025.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English, and it will release the manga’s sixth volume on August 19th, 2025. The company describes the manga’s story below:
“In the year 2025, huge beasts from beyond the galaxy attacked Earth. In the war that followed, humanity fought back with a giant robot named Yukio, piloted by Tetsuo Yabusame. As the massive alien swarm closed in on humanity’s homeworld, Tetsuo and the Earth Defense Force deployed for the final battle with the invading horde. They lost…
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?”
