Black Torch TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff

The staff for the television anime of Tsuyoshi Takaki's Black Torch manga revealed three more cast members and more staff members on Friday.

Shinpachi Tsuji plays Toshimasa Azama
— TVアニメ『BLACK TORCH』公式 (@BlackTorchAnime) May 15, 2026 Yūko Kaida plays Toko Kusumi
— TVアニメ『BLACK TORCH』公式 (@BlackTorchAnime) May 15, 2026 Hōchū Ōtsuka plays Banjuro Tokieda
— TVアニメ『BLACK TORCH』公式 (@BlackTorchAnime) May 15, 2026

The newly announced staff members include:

• Sub-Character Design: Yumi Nakamura, Masahiko Suzuki, Mariko Kinoshita
• Design Works: Shunya Kikuchi
• Art Director: Sachi Takahashi, Shōko Imaizumi
• Color Design: Haruko Nobori
• CG Director: Hirotaka Naitō
• Director of Photography: Satoshi Yamamoto
• Editing: Masato Yoshitake
• Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
• Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani

Image via Black Torch anime's website

©タカキツヨシ／集英社・BLACK TORCH製作委員会

The anime will debut on July 4.

Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.

The anime will star:

• Ryōta Suzuki as Jiro Azuma
• Yōji Ueda as Rago
• Sayaka Senbongi as Ichika Kishimojin
• Junya Enoki as Reiji Kirihara
• Reina Ueda as Hana Usami
• Junichi Suwabe as Ryosuke Shiba
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Koga
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Amagi

Kei Umabiki (ClassicaLoid, Quality Assurance in Another World) is directing the anime at 100Studio. Gō Suzuki (Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, Minami-ke Tadaima) is designing the characters, Gigaemon Ichikawa (Chikasugi Idol Akae-chan, Himitsu no AiPri) is supervising and writing the series scripts, and Yutaka Yamada (Babylon, Tokyo Ghoul) is composing the music.

Viz Media publishes the manga in English and describes the story:

Jiro Azuma is descended from of a long line of shinobi, and he also can talk to animals. Although he may appear rough and tumble, his compassionate side emerges when it comes to furry critters. 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, menacing spirits.

Takaki (Heart Gear) launched the manga series in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in December 2016. Shueisha shipped the fifth and final compiled book volume in August 2018.

Sources: Black Torch anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie