Hirayasumi Heads to Netflix Worldwide in January 2027

Hirayasumi will begin streaming worldwide on Netflix in January 2027, alongside its Japanese television debut on NHK General TV. VIZ Media announced the international release on November 8, while the anime's official site also confirmed January streaming on Netflix and U-NEXT. Gen Hoshino will perform a new opening theme written for the series.

What the streaming announcement confirms

Netflix is the worldwide home named for the anime, while U-NEXT is separately listed by official Japanese materials. The January window places the international release in the same month as the NHK General TV broadcast in Japan. A specific launch day and the opening song's title have not been announced.

Hirayasumi is adapted from Keigo Shinzo's manga, serialized by Shogakukan in Weekly Big Comic Spirits. Production +h. is animating the series. Kei Suezawa serves as director and handles series composition and scripts, with Naoyuki Asano as character designer, Mika Nishimura as art director, and Kaori Sawada composing the score.

The central cast includes Yuma Uchida as Hiroto Ikuta, Mayu Takahashi as Natsumi Kobayashi, and Rikako Aikawa as Hanae Wada. Daisuke Namikawa, Yoko Hikasa, Yume Miyamoto, and Yuichiro Umehara also have announced roles, while Yuko Naito is the narrator.

Music tied to Hirayasumi's setting

Hoshino's opening is a newly created song for Hirayasumi. VIZ Media says the musician returned to Asagaya, a neighborhood where he previously lived, while developing the track. Asagaya and nearby Koenji are among the Tokyo neighborhoods at the heart of the story, giving the musical collaboration a direct connection to its setting.

Creator Keigo Shinzo said he had already listened to the song and expressed excitement about Hoshino making another theme for one of his works after the live-action film Moriyamachu Driving School. Hoshino described his affection for Hiroto and the wider cast, and said he hopes the song brings warmth and color to their lives and the series' world.

TOMOO will perform the ending theme, "Fumi Zekka," which was also written for the anime. Together, the opening and ending announcements complete the pair of featured vocal themes now attached to the January premiere.

What Hirayasumi is about

The story follows 29-year-old Hiroto, an easygoing part-time worker with no steady job or firm plan for the future. After befriending an elderly neighbor, Hanae, he receives her single-story house and begins a new chapter of everyday life. The anime's official description frames the series around Hiroto and the people near him as they contend with anxiety, confusion, and grief while trying to find their own way forward.

Hiroto's daily life also includes Natsumi, one of the principal characters introduced by the anime's cast lineup. That focus on ordinary routines, personal worries, and neighborhood relationships positions Hirayasumi as a character-led slice-of-life series rather than a plot-heavy adventure.

With its worldwide Netflix release, Japanese broadcast, production staff, principal cast, and both theme artists confirmed, Hirayasumi is now set for its coordinated January 2027 debut.