The official Twitter account for the TV anime Touhai: Ura Rate Mahjong Touhai Roku confirmed that it will premiere on October 4th, 2024, on the MBS and TBS channels.
[https://x.com/tohai_anime/status/1829459054999335407]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlXjWLYhSPg&t=1s]
Based on Shinasaka Kouji’s manga, the anime is directed by Hatori Jun (Kawaisugi Crisis, Taisho Otome Otogi Banashi) at East Fish Studio.
The Touhai: Ura Rate Mahjong Touhai Roku manga ran from 2006 to 2011 in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion magazine, and Akita Publishing published the manga’s first tankoubon in December 2006 and the 12th and final volume in June 2011. The manga franchise also includes the following titles: Touhai: Hitobashira-hen, Touhai: Minagoroshi-hen, Haou Densetsu Lion, and Haou Kessen Lion. The Touhai: Cold Girl manga is the latest in the franchise, and it’s ongoing, with the seventh volume released in June 2024.
The series follows Kei, also known as “K of Ice,” a high school boy who frequents the underground mahjong parlor teeming with money, women, organs, and desires. Despite facing various hardships, Kei navigates the underworld of mahjong while surviving.
