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Crunchyroll and Shueisha announced that the anime adaptation of the manga Black Torch will air on Sony’s streaming service, and it currently has a July 2026 launch window. The 100studio project will be a simulcast series, and people with a subscription in any region except Asia will get access.
The series follows Jiro Azuma, a high schooler and ninja who ends up befriending and fusing with the Black Star of Doom mononoke Rago. Due to other spirits seeking out Rago’s powers and the situation, the pair then join the Bureau of Espionage to hunt down hostile mononoke. As the series is a relatively short one that only spanned five volumes, it’s unknown if the entire story will be told in a single season yet.
Here’s the latest Black Torch anime trailer. While we do hear one of the theme songs, the footage mainly shows us what main characters Jiro Azuma, Rago, Ichika Kishimojin, and Reiji Kirihara.
100studio is a relatively new anime studio, so they might not be immediately familiar. Some of their two currently available shows are Quality Assurance in Another World and The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei. The former also is part of Crunchyroll’s library.
The Black Torch anime will stream on Crunchyroll in July 2026, and the manga is available via Viz Media.
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