Great news for anime fans. The manga Ganglion is getting a short-form TV anime in October 2025. The official website and X (Twitter) page have shared the first visual along with the main cast and staff. The anime will have short weekly episodes starting in early October.
The story is set in early 2000s Tokyo and follows a funny fighter who works for a strange company that takes on unusual missions. Here is everything you need to know.
Ganglion Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
The Ganglion anime will officially begin airing on October 3, 2025 (JST). Episodes will be broadcast every Friday from 1:53 am to 2:00 am on TV Tokyo, and they will also be shown on TV Osaka, AT-X, and BS Yoshimoto. Since this is a short-form series, each episode will be about 15 minutes long, including a short talk segment after the story.
The anime is being produced by Studio Maf and is based on the manga written by Hisaya Shiraiwa and illustrated by Takashi Itsuki. The manga was first published in Comic Yoshimoto and later released as a single volume in 2009. The story follows Kenji Isobe, a fighter who works for the unusual company Ganglion Co. Ltd. The company has the strange goal of world domination, and Kenji is sent on wild missions such as the “Blow Up Mt. Fuji Operation.” Most of his missions fail when he is stopped by the hero Hopeman, creating a funny workplace comedy set in early-2000s Tokyo.
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The staff behind the anime includes several well-known names. Ayumu Watanabe, known for Children of the Sea and Summer Time Rendering, is directing the series. He is joined by Ryosuke Tanaka as assistant director. Shigeru Fujita is designing the characters and also working as the chief animation director. Tomoaki Shiono is handling series composition, and Takeo Asami is composing the music.
The cast includes:
- Yoji Ueda as Kenji Isobe
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Colonel Shadow
- Aoi Koga as Setsuko Isobe
- Tomokazu Sugita as Hopeman
- Yoshino Aoyama as Takashi Isobe
- Hikaru Tono as Komiko
- Itsuji Itao as the Old Man at the Food Stall
These details were shared through the newly launched official website and X account.
