Crunchyroll has announced that it will exclusively stream the upcoming BLACK TORCH TV anime series in select countries and territories worldwide (excluding Asia). The anime is scheduled to begin airing in Japan in July 2026.
The company will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
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 in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast includes:
- • Ryota Suzuki as Jiro Azuma
- • Yoji Ueda as Rago
- • Sayaka Sembongi as Ichika Kishimojin
- • Junya Enoki as Reiji Kirihara
- • Junichi Suwabe as Ryosuke Shiba
- • Reina Ueda as Hana Usami
Tsuyoshi Takaki’s sci-fi supernatural action manga series was serialized 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.
Source: Crunchyroll News