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Draw This, Then Die!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Akira Sekine
Ai Yasumi (voice)
12 eps
Saori Hayami
Rei Teshima (voice)
12 eps
Saya Hitomi
Kokoro Fujimori (voice)
12 eps
Kanon Fujimura
Sachi Akafuku (voice)
12 eps
Inori Minase
Hikaru Sekiryu (voice)
12 eps
Noriko Hidaka
Pokota (voice)
12 eps
Atsumi Tanezaki
Nana Teramura (voice)
5 eps
Yukana
Hana Kongoji (voice)
2 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Hebichika-sensei (voice)
2 eps
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Ai's Father (voice)
2 eps
Tamari Sakai
Ai's Mother (voice)
2 eps
Sayaka Ohara
Kokoro's Mother (voice)
2 eps
Yuki Ishikari
Rei's Father (voice)
2 eps
Kumiko Nakane
Rei's Mother (voice)
2 eps
Madoka Asahina
Kaneko-san (voice)
1 eps
Suzuka Hara
Hasegawa (voice)
1 eps
Hitomi Shogawa
Ben's Owner (voice)
1 eps
Miyu Hanasaki
Girl (voice)
1 eps
Ryuho Nagaoka
Boy (voice)
1 eps
Natsumi Hioka
Middle School Girl (voice)
1 eps
Kaori Nakamura
Old Lady on the Bus (voice)
1 eps
Haruka Minami
Flower Arrangement Club President (voice)
1 eps
Mai Fukumoto
Physics Club President (voice)
1 eps
Kero Nanase
Rakugo Club President (voice)
1 eps
Satsuki Hatori
Comitia Visitor (voice)
1 eps
Fukushi Ochiai
Sachi's Father (voice)
1 eps
Rei Ichinomiya
Sachi's Younger Brother A (voice)
1 eps
Yuuki Yamamoto
Sachi's Younger Brother B (voice)
1 eps
Rin Sato
Cutter Club Rower A (voice)
1 eps
Shuya Watanabe
Cutter Club Rower B (voice)
1 eps
Hayato Yamamoto
Cutter Club Rower C (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Draw This, Then Die! actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Draw This, Then Die! reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
First-year high school student Ai Yasumi lives on the island of Izu Oshima and loves reading manga. But after a certain turning point, she sets her sights on creating stories of her own! As she dives into the world of manga-making, Ai faces challenges, growth, and the excitement of chasing her creative dreams. Where will her creative journey take her?
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E06
Episode 6
S01E05
Episode 5
S01E03
Kokoro's Heart ~ Draw This, Then Die!!!!
- Directed by Hiroki Imamura
- Written by Aki Itami
S01E02
You Are Brilliant ~ Drawing Manga Is Hard
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Shirahata
- Written by Hiroko Fukuda
S01E01
Magic House ~ What Would a Manga Protagonist Do Here?
- Directed by Hitomi Ezoe, Takahiro Enokida
- Written by Hiroko Fukuda
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Takuji Yamada
Executive producer
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Shinji Enari
Executive producer
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Yūsuke FUJISAWA
Executive producer
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Motomichi Araki
Executive producer
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Taihei Suekichi
Executive producer
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Makoto Nakamura
Executive producer
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Hiroko Fukuda
Writer
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Aki Itami
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Naoki IwasaProducer
- Hiroshi TakanoProducer
- Takuji YamadaExecutive Producer
- Shinji EnariExecutive Producer
- Yūsuke FUJISAWAExecutive Producer
- Makito SaodaProducer
Writing
- Hiroko FukudaWriter
- Aki ItamiWriter
Direction
- Hiroki ImamuraDirector
- Akiyo OhashiDirector
- Hitomi EzoeDirector
- Takahiro EnokidaDirector
- Hiroaki AkagiDirector
- Taro KuboDirector
Cinematography
- Shigemitsu HamaoDirector of Photography
Music
- Hiroaki TsutsumiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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