Toei Animation revealed during a livestream of the “Manga Ōkoku Tottori Seitan 99-nen Mizuki Shigeru Seitansai” (Manga Kingdom Tottori Birth 99 Years Mizuki Shigeru Birth Festival) event on Sunday that Shigeru Mizuki’s Akuma-kun manga is inspiring a new anime project.
The anime is part of four “big projects” commemorating the 100-year anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki’s birth.
The manga follows the titular “Akuma-kun,” a boy who uses the powers of demons to help the world stay at peace.
Mizuki drew the original manga in 1963-1964, and he drew several other series in the franchise in the 1970s and 1980s.