Two new cast members have been announced for the upcoming BLACK TORCH TV anime series during Jump Festa 2026. The series is scheduled to begin airing in Japan in July 2026.
The new cast includes Junichi Suwabe as Ryosuke Shiba (left below) and Reina Ueda as Hana Usami (right below).
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司場涼介 CV.#諏訪部順一
Ryosuke Shiba
＼#ジャンプフェスタ 2026#BLACKTORCH スペシャルステージにて
公儀隠密局 特務二課の二人のCVが発表されました！#BLACKTORCH pic.twitter.com/ITgLQ87EoD— TVアニメ『BLACK TORCH』公式 (@BlackTorchAnime) December 21, 2025
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宇佐美花 CV.#上田麗奈
Hana Usami
＼#ジャンプフェスタ 2026#BLACKTORCH スペシャルステージにて
公儀隠密局 特務二課の二人のCVが発表されました！#BLACKTORCH pic.twitter.com/qIJZ55fR9Q— TVアニメ『BLACK TORCH』公式 (@BlackTorchAnime) December 21, 2025
They join a previously announced voice cast that includes:
- • Ryota Suzuki as Jiro Azuma
- • Yoji Ueda as Rago
- • Sayaka Sembongi as Ichika Kishimojin
- • Junya Enoki as Reiji Kirihara
Original manga creator Tsuyoshi Takaki also released an illustration to celebrate the additional cast members.
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司場＆宇佐美のキャスト発表記念！#タカキツヨシ 先生描き下ろしイラスト公開！
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司場＆宇佐美のイラストを公開放送は2026年7月！二人の活躍をお楽しみに！#BLACKTORCH pic.twitter.com/4xGDDIo4CR
— TVアニメ『BLACK TORCH』公式 (@BlackTorchAnime) December 21, 2025
Kei Umabiki (Quality Assurance in Another World) is directing the anime series, with Go Suzuki (Sword Art Online: Alicization co-character designer) as character designer, Kigaemon Ichikawa (Bogus Skill <<Fruitmaster>> ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of Skill Fruits (that kill you~)) as series composer and scriptwriter, and Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga) as music composer. 100studio is handling the animation production for the series.
Takaki’s sci-fi supernatural action manga series ran in Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine from December 31, 2016, to March 2, 2018. It then moved to the Shonen Jump+ website on April 11, 2018, where it continued for four more chapters until its conclusion later that July. Five total tankobon volumes were published in Japan.
VIZ Media licensed the BLACK TORCH anime and manga series, describing the manga’s first volume as:
Although he may appear rough-and-tumble, Jiro Azuma’s compassionate side emerges when it comes to the furry critters he can communicate with. But Jiro’s soft spot for animals gets him in major trouble when a suspicious stray cat fuses with him, granting him exceptional power but also dragging him into humanity’s hidden battle against powerful Japanese spirits, mononoke.
Sources: Black Torch Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network