Rainy Day Serenade's First Anime Visual Reflects Two Eras

A school uniform and a dark suit stand side by side on a rain-washed street. Beneath them, the surface gives way to a garden and two children. The first key visual for Rainy Day Serenade brings its leads together while letting their reflected past occupy a world of its own.

The television adaptation of Haruka Kawachi's manga is set to begin airing in April 2027. Alongside the visual, the production released its first teaser with the voices of Yume Miyamoto as Hina Katagiri and Takeo Otsuka as Takaaki Hongo.

A meeting across time

Hina repeatedly dreams of meeting a boy in an unfamiliar garden. Then she finds herself in 1907, where Takaaki mistakes her for his fiancée Hinako. The contrast between Hina's contemporary clothes and the Meiji-era street makes that displacement immediately visible in the poster.

The production describes the garden and children reflected in the water as an image of distant memory and the connection between the two leads. The illustration keeps both moments in a single composition, making the puddle a doorway between them.

See Kawachi's original illustration

From manga to animation

Tezuka Production is animating the series, with Takashi Kamei directing, Yoko Yonaiyama handling series composition and Nobuteru Yuki designing the characters. Art director Hiroshi Kato and colour designer Kunio Tsujita are also named on the official site.

Kawachi's celebratory drawing offers a different view of the protagonists: Hina and Takaaki hold scripts beside microphones. The official announcement also confirms a manga original-art exhibition at Aoyama Book Center Main Store from November 25 to December 8.

Read the exhibition announcement