
I need to start aggressively wishing for world peace or something, because a lot of my anime wishes have been coming true lately. The latest beloved manga to score an anime adaptation is Akane-banashi, an offbeat Shonen Jump series about the art of rakugo, starring one of the best female leads the storied magazine has ever seen.
A trailer for the Akane-banashi anime adaptation arrived this week, introducing the central art and a smattering of characters. Rakugo is basically a solo performance where one person acts out an entire story on their own, doing all the characters and voices themselves.