Hirayasumi anime heads to Netflix worldwide in January 2027, with a new Gen Hoshino opening

Good news for anyone outside Japan who has been eyeing Hirayasumi: the official site confirmed on November 9 that the TV anime will stream worldwide on Netflix from January 2027. In Japan it will also be on U-NEXT, alongside its broadcast on NHK General TV starting the same month.

A new song from Gen Hoshino

The same day brought a second announcement that might be even bigger for a lot of fans. The opening theme is a newly written song by Gen Hoshino. The production team reached out to him directly, and he wrote the track specifically for this series.

Hoshino has a real track record with anime themes that travel well beyond Japan. He is behind "Doraemon" for the Doraemon anime and "Kigeki" for SPY×FAMILY, and he has a personal link to this creator too. Keigo Shinzo, who draws the Hirayasumi manga, said in his comment that Hoshino already made a theme song for the film of his earlier work Moriyamachu Kyoshujo, and that having Hoshino write music for his work a second time feels like incredible luck. Shinzo has already heard the song and called it a really good one.

Why I am excited

Hirayasumi is a gentle, slice-of-life story serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits, the kind of manga people recommend with "just trust me." A worldwide Netflix release gives it a much wider audience than a quiet NHK show usually gets overseas, and a Hoshino opening is about as good a fit for its warm, unhurried mood as I can imagine.

On the staff side, Kei Suezawa directs and handles series composition and scripts, Naoyuki Asano designs the characters, and Mika Nishimura is the art director.

Read the official announcements on the Hirayasumi site and the opening theme news, and follow the series on anime.day.