Draw This, Then Die! Anime Reveals First Main Trailer, Kitani Tatsuya Performs Opening Theme Ahead of July 3 Premiere

The upcoming TV anime Draw This, Then Die! (JP: これ描いて死ね, Kore Kaite Shine) will begin broadcasting on July 3, 2026, at 11:30 PM JST across 30 stations nationwide in Japan. The series has also revealed that the opening theme song will be “Isho” by Tatsuya Kitani, alongside a newly released comment from the artist. The first main promotional video featuring the opening theme has also been unveiled.

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First Main PV Released

The first main PV opens with protagonist Ai Yasumi encountering her personal bible, the manga Robota and Pokota created by ☆No 0-saku.

As the colorful cast of characters forms a manga research club and steps into the world of creative expression, the trailer depicts both the joy and struggles they experience along the way. Set to the opening theme “Isho,” the video captures the youth of high school girls dedicating themselves to manga creation, further building anticipation for the anime’s summer premiere.

“Drawing manga. Dedicating ourselves to manga. This is our youth.”

The series is described as a passionate coming of age story packed with both the pain and happiness of creating works of art, delivered to everyone who loves manga.

Tatsuya Kitani Comment

“When a person dies, the body disappears into nothingness, but the things inside the mind and heart can remain. We leave things behind because we exist, because there is a world we have seen, and because we want someone else to understand it. That written trace is what we call a will.

Creative activity, meanwhile, is a scream declaring, ‘I am here. I was here.’ It is an act carried out by people who want to leave a version of themselves engraved within their works somewhere in the corner of the world. Of course, I want people a thousand years from now to know who I was, and creation is perhaps the only thing that can make that feel possible. But at its core, creation is about throwing every part of your current self onto the page before you.

In other words, creation is a will that continues to be overwritten and updated for as long as we live. That is the kind of song this is.”

Source : Draw This, Then Die! Official