{"id":67426,"date":"2026-05-29T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=67426"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:43:39","slug":"the-first-tv-anime-to-be-adapted-directly-from-an-adult-doujinshi-has-been-announced-and-even-the-original-author-was-surprised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-first-tv-anime-to-be-adapted-directly-from-an-adult-doujinshi-has-been-announced-and-even-the-original-author-was-surprised\/","title":{"rendered":"The first\u00a0TV\u00a0anime to be adapted directly from an adult doujinshi\u00a0has been\u00a0announced, and even the original author was surprised\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A TV anime adaptation\u00a0of the adult doujinshi (independently published comic)\u00a0<strong>The Lonely Snow Widow and the Cursed Ring<\/strong>\u00a0was announced on May 29. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/punopupupu\/status\/2060194560945614854?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">creators<\/a>, this\u00a0appears to be\u00a0the first instance of\u00a0an R-rated doujinshi being directly adapted into a TV anime, without prior commercialization\u00a0through a publisher.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lonely Snow Widow and the Cursed Ring&nbsp;is an original doujinshi&nbsp;series&nbsp;penned by Puuna Puuzaki, first published in 2021. The story is an awkward&nbsp;romantic comedy that follows Takahashi, a man who&nbsp;suddenly&nbsp;inherits an apartment building inhabited&nbsp;exclusively&nbsp;by yokai&nbsp;(supernatural&nbsp;beings)&nbsp;from his father.&nbsp;One day, the protagonist meets Yukino, who is a type of yokai known as a Snow Woman (JP:&nbsp;yuki&nbsp;onna), and the two are&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;drawn to each other.&nbsp;However, they end up having a small argument, which leads them to drift apart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desperate to repair the relationship, the protagonist stumbles upon a ring that grants the ability to control the minds of yokai.&nbsp;Now&nbsp;possessing&nbsp;immense power, he is faced with the dilemma of&nbsp;whether to use the ring to mend his relationship with Yukino or to satisfy his own desires.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d<br><br>\u300e\u4eba\u4ed8\u304d\u5408\u3044\u304c\u82e6\u624b\u306a<br>\u3000\u3000\u672a\u4ea1\u4eba\u306e\u96ea\u5973\u3055\u3093\u3068\u546a\u3044\u306e\u6307\u8f2a\u300f<br>\u3000\u3000TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\u8a18\u5ff5\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u5927\u516c\u958b\u203c\ufe0f<br><br>\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d<br><br>\u539f\u4f5c <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%B7%E3%81%85%E5%B4%8E%E3%81%B7%E3%81%85%E5%A5%88?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u3077\u3045\u5d0e\u3077\u3045\u5948<\/a> \u5148\u751f\u306b\u3088\u308b\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\u8a18\u5ff5\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u516c\u958b\uff01<br>\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u653e\u9001\u3092\u304a\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\u26c4\ud83d\udc8d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E6%9C%AA%E4%BA%A1%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E9%9B%AA%E5%A5%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u672a\u4ea1\u4eba\u306e\u96ea\u5973<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yBLSWu4wvY\">pic.twitter.com\/yBLSWu4wvY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u4eba\u4ed8\u304d\u5408\u3044\u304c\u82e6\u624b\u306a\u672a\u4ea1\u4eba\u306e\u96ea\u5973\u3055\u3093\u3068\u546a\u3044\u306e\u6307\u8f2a\u300f\u516c\u5f0f (@anime_yukionna) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anime_yukionna\/status\/2060194669376475446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the announcement&nbsp;of the Snow Widow\u2019s anime adaptation, author&nbsp;Puuzaki&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anime_yukionna\/status\/2060194920577847623?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commented<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m&nbsp;sure many of you are looking at this and going \u2018Wait, a TV anime? 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