The BALLOON project has announced that a light TV anime based on Toworu Miyata's boys' love manga, *Aoharu Once More*, will begin broadcasting in Japan in January 2027. A teaser trailer for the anime was released on its official YouTube channel, introducing the main voice cast who will reprise their roles from the drama CD.
The BALLOON project, launched in June 2025 by DNP, Imagica Infos, Cybird, and BLUE RIGHTS, focuses on adapting popular boys' love manga into light anime. *Aoharu Once More* marks the project's third entry, following *Saioshi no Gikei Meduru Tame, Nagaikishimasu!* which premiered in January 2026, and *Perfect Addition* in July 2026.
Voice Cast and Production Details
Tasuku Kaito will voice Hayato Kobayashi, and Kazuki Ura will voice Ritsu Onishi. Both actors previously played these roles in the drama CD released in March 2026. Kaito expressed his happiness to work on *Aoharu Once More* again, noting that the anime's artwork will offer a different side of the story. Ura also shared his excitement, stating he poured his heart into the recording to convey the work's charm to a wider audience.
The *Aoharu Once More* light anime is directed by Rikako Machida at IMAGICA Infos / Imageworks Studio, with Naochi Jimbo as sound director and Morrigan providing the music.
Toworu Miyata's original manga was serialized in ShuCream's digital boys' love magazine from RED from August 2024 to April 2025, and collected into a single tankobon volume in June 2025. Tokyopop released an English edition of the manga in September 2026.
Key points
- The *Aoharu Once More* light TV anime will premiere in Japan in January 2027.
- A teaser trailer was released on the official YouTube channel.
- Tasuku Kaito (Hayato Kobayashi) and Kazuki Ura (Ritsu Onishi) will reprise their roles from the drama CD.
- The anime is the third entry in the BALLOON project.
- Rikako Machida directs the anime at IMAGICA Infos / Imageworks Studio.
Source: Crunchyroll News · Nov 11, 2026
