Spirit Circle, Satoshi Mizukami's manga, gets an anime 14 years later

Spirit Circle, Satoshi Mizukami's manga, is finally getting an anime adaptation. It has been 14 years since the work debuted in Shonen Gahosha's Young King OURs magazine in 2012, and the first trailer is already available to see what awaits us.

The series will premiere in December 2026, although there is still no concrete date and no international broadcast plans have been announced. The anime comes after Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, another Mizukami work, also made the jump to animation a few years ago.

The project is directed by Tatsuo Sato, who passed away before the premiere and also wrote the scripts. Kentaro Mizuno took over as assistant director after his death. Production is handled by TWIN ENGINE, with NAGOMI and EOTA as studios and Satoru Fujimoto in charge of character designs.

Spirit Circle poster, with ©SATOSHI MIZUKAMI, SHONENGAHOSHA/TWIN ENGINE.comicbook.com

A cast with familiar faces

The main cast is already confirmed. Kazuki Ura plays Fuuta Okeya, the protagonist, while Anna Nagase voices Kouko Ishigami. Eri Yukimura will be Rune and Yuichi Nakamura, East. Nagase also sings the ending theme, titled "No Matter the World," which can be heard in the trailer.

The story follows Fuuta, a boy who discovers he can see spirits and is trapped in a cycle of reincarnation he tries to escape alongside a mysterious force. The manga ran for four years and ended a decade ago.

Satoshi Mizukami's words

With the announcement, Mizukami shared a message explaining the difficulty of adapting such a work: "It's a story that takes us through seven different lives, each in a different era and place." The author also thanked the team's work and, especially, director Tatsuo Sato.

The creator closed his message with an invitation for both those who already know the manga and those coming to it for the first time: "I hope you'll stay with us until the end."

With the premiere just around the corner, we just have to wait for the exact date and the platforms where we can watch it to be confirmed. Are you looking forward to discovering Spirit Circle? Tell us in the comments if you'll watch it in December.