Crunchyroll has announced that it will stream the upcoming Kagurabachi TV anime series when it premieres in April 2027. The streaming service will simulcast the series worldwide, excluding Japan, Mainland China, North Korea and South Korea.
Additionally, voice actor Katsuyuki Konishi has been cast as the voice of Togo Shiba, who is highlighted in a newly released character visual and trailer. Konishi recently voiced Dagda from Witch Hat Atelier.
He joins a main voice cast that include Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira and Tomokazu Seki as Kunishige Rokuhira.
Tetsuya Takeuchi (From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! and Yuri Seijin Naoko-san, Lycoris Recoil Episode 4 storyboard artist and director, Tengoku-Daimakyo Episode 1 battle scene storyboarder et al.) is directing the anime series. Keigo Sasaki (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray co-character designer, Blue Exorcist) is serving as the character designer, while CyPic is in charge of the animation production.
An early preview of the series will be showcased as part of the Kagurabachi Anime World Tour Part 1, which will begin at this year’s Anime Expo on July 3, 2026 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the JW Marriott Diamond). Afterwards, the tour will head to Japan Expo on July 9, 2026, AnimagiC on August 1, 2026, Otakon on August 2, 2026, and Anime NYC on August 22, 2026.
The dark fantasy action manga series by Takeru Hokazono began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on September 19, 2023. Eleven tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of May 2026. Manga PLUS and VIZ Media release the manga in English.
The manga ranked seventh in the Manga We Want to See Animated 2024 ranking and took first place in the Next Manga Awards 2024’s Print Manga category. It was also featured in The New York Times’ International Edition last October.
Kagurabachi’s official synopsis is described as:
Flames of resolve, kindled by hatred.
Chihiro Rokuhira is a boy who aspires to become a swordsmith, and took daily training under his father Kunishige, a renowned swordsmith. Their days, once filled with laughter, are brutally torn apart by an attack from the mysterious sorcerer organization, the Hishaku.
What is stolen from them are the six Enchanted Blades—swords of immense power capable of shaping the fate of the nation—and the gentle, warm life they once shared.
From that day on, everything changed. In a world engulfed in darkness, Chihiro takes up Enten, the seventh Enchanted Blade left behind by his father, and sets out on a blood-soaked path of revenge.
Source: press release