Pony Canyon announced on Thursday that Kōji Shinasaka’s Tōhai – Ura Route Mahjong Tōhairoku manga is getting a television anime adaptation titled Tōhai – Ura Rate Mahjong Tōhairoku that will debut this year.
Shinasaka serialized the manga in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion magazine from 2006 to 2011 and the series has 12 volumes.
The manga inspired a live-action film in 2013.
The other works in the franchise include the 16-volume Tōhai: Hitobashira-hen manga, the 10-volume Tōhai: Minagoroshi-hen manga, the four-volume Haō Densetsu Lion manga, the five-volume Haō Kessen Lion manga, and the Tōhai: Cold Girl manga.