The official website for the Honou no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko (炎の闘球女 ドッジ弾子) TV anime has revealed the show’s main promotional video and confirmed its premiere date as July 6th, 2026. The anime will debut on Tokyo MX and BS11 at 11:00 p.m. on July 6th, and on MBS on July 7th.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbt0J3l5js]
Ikehata Hiroshi is directing the anime at CUE studios.
The anime is based on Koshita Tetsuhiro’s Honou no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko (炎の闘球女 ドッジ弾子) manga, which is a sequel to Koshita’s Honou no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei (炎の闘球児 ドッジ弾平) manga.
The original Honou no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei manga ran from 1989 to 1995 in Shogakukan’s Monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine. Shogakukan published a total of 18 tankoubon volumes. The manga was adapted into a TV anime that premiered in 1991 and ran for 47 episodes.
Koshita started the sequel manga, Honou no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko, in November 2022 on Shogakukan’s Weekly CoroCoro Comic Website. Shogakukan published the manga’s first volume in April 2023 and the sixth volume in August 2025. The manga’s seventh and eighth volumes are both scheduled for release on July 6th, 2026.
Shogakukan’s CoroCoro Website describes the Honou no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko manga below:
“The legendary dodgeball manga, ‘Dodge Danpei, the Fiery Fighter’! Danpei’s daughter, Danko, who inherited Danpei’s soul, struggles to create the strongest fighting spirit dodgeball team in the modern Reiwa era in this modern-day hot-blooded dodgeball manga! Will Danko be able to overcome the modern common sense that stands in her way!? Keep an eye on the beautiful girls drawn by Koshita Tetsuhiro!”
