Wit Studio to Adapt Agents of the Four Seasons Anime
Wit Studio, the acclaimed studio behind Attack on Titan and Spy×Family, has announced its latest project: an anime adaptation of Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring, a fantasy novel written by Kana Akatsuki. The announcement was made this Thursday, exciting fans of poetic and mythological fantasy stories.
Below is the announcement PV.
And the anime’s visual:
To celebrate the reveal, series illustrator Suoh released a commemorative artwork that beautifully captures the unique visual style expected in the upcoming adaptation.
The anime will be directed by Ken Yamamoto, known for his work on Pokémon: Hisuian Snow and Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era. Veteran director Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Spy×Family, Mobile Suit Gundam UC) joins as animation advisor.
Series composition is supervised by Ayumu Hisao (I’m in Love with the Villainess, Kono Oto Tomare!), and Namiko Torii is responsible for character design.
Other staff members include:
- Visual development & storyboards: Satomi Maiya / Yūtarō Kubo
- Art director: Yūsuke Takeda (Bamboo)
- Color design: Ayaka Nakamura (Wit Studio)
- Director of photography: Keisuke Nozawa (Graphinica Sapporo Studio)
- Editing: Keisuke Yanagi / ACE
- Sound director: Eriko Kimura (Tohokushinsha)
- Sound production: Tohokushinsha
- Animation producer: Joe Ōtani
- Line producer: Keisuke Satō
The story of Dance of Spring in Agents of the Four Seasons
In Dance of Spring, the world once knew only Winter. To escape loneliness, Winter created Spring. Eventually, the earth needed time to rest and thus Summer and Autumn were born. The balance of these seasons is maintained by the Agents of the Four Seasons. Ten years ago, Hinagiku, the Agent of Spring, vanished—taking the season with her. Now, after overcoming countless hardships, she returns to restore the cycle and, as the age-old myth says, send her love to Winter.
The novel series currently includes:
- 2 volumes of Dance of Spring
- 2 volumes of Dance of Summer
- 1 volume of The Archer of Dawn
- 2 volumes of Dance of Autumn
- 1 volume of Tasogare no Ite (Archer of Dusk)
Yen Press has licensed both the novels and manga. The manga, illustrated by Nappa Komatsuda, started serialization in 2022 in LaLa magazine. The fifth volume was released in February 2024.
Additionally, a spin-off manga titled Agents of the Four Seasons: Hundred Songs, Hundred Leaves, by Yuriko Asami, began on Kadocomi in 2023 and has two volumes to date.
Kana Akatsuki also wrote the critically acclaimed Violet Evergarden series, which won the Kyoto Animation Award and inspired a TV anime and two film adaptations.
