The TV anime of the manga Rainy Day Serenade (涙雨とセレナーデ) will begin airing in April 2027, according to an Anime! Anime! report. The announcement also revealed the first key visual, a teaser PV, the main staff and two lead voice actors.
Yume Miyamoto (宮本侑芽) voices protagonist Hina Katagiri, and Takeo Ōtsuka (大塚剛央) voices Takaaki Hongō. Takashi Kamei directs at Tezuka Productions, with Yōko Yonaiyama handling series composition and Nobuteru Yūki designing the characters.
The story follows Hina, a high school girl who keeps having a dream of her younger days, in which she meets a boy in an unfamiliar garden on a rainy day. She suddenly slips back in time to Meiji 40, or 1907, where she meets Takaaki, a melancholy heir.
The teaser PV is the first look at anime footage. It includes both characters' voices and scenes from Hina's recurring dream. Yūki drew the key visual, which shows the pair standing in a Meiji-era townscape, with a garden and young children reflected in the water at their feet.
Miyamoto said she hopes the story leaves viewers with a lingering feeling like the sky after rain. Ōtsuka said that reading the manga and recording the role have stirred feelings of frustration, warmth, poignancy and nostalgia, along with moments of suspense.
The manga ended its 11-year run in the January 2026 issue of Kodansha's Kiss, and a side story is set to begin serialization this month. Kodansha USA Publishing has licensed the manga, Anime News Network reports.
Tokyo Exhibition and Talk Event
An art exhibition marking the anime and side story will run from November 25 to December 8, 2026, at Aoyama Book Center's main store in Tokyo. Admission is free. It will display original manuscripts and art selected by the manga's creator, previously unseen setting materials as reproductions, and anime-related displays. Goods featuring the creator's new illustration celebrating the adaptation will also be sold.
The same store will host a talk with the creator, Yonaiyama and a speaker from Tezuka Productions on December 6, from 12:00 to 13:00 Japan time (JST), followed by a signing with the creator. The event has 80 places at ¥2,035 including tax. Tickets go on sale November 14 at noon JST, first come, first served.