Crunchyroll to Stream Kagurabachi Anime Worldwide in 2027, Katsuyuki Konishi Joins Cast
Crunchyroll's global streaming pickup, paired with the early world tour screenings, positions Kagurabachi as a major flagship title for the studio and the platform a full year before its broadcast.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will stream the television anime adaptation of Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga when it debuts in April 2027. The stream will be available worldwide except Japan, Mainland China, North Korea, and South Korea. The staff also revealed that Katsuyuki Konishi, known for roles in Demon Slayer and Gurren Lagann, will voice Togo Shiba. Tetsuya Takeuchi directs the series at studio Cypic, whose previous credits include key animation on Naruto. Keigo Sasaki handles character designs. The lead cast includes Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira and Tomokazu Seki as Kunishige Rokuhira. Before the premiere, a world tour will screen the first 20 minutes of the first episode at events starting this July: Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Japan Expo in Paris, ANImagic in Germany, and Anime NYC in August. The tour concludes in Japan in spring 2027 with a full first-episode screening. The Kagurabachi manga, which began in Weekly Shonen Jump in September 2023, has 4 million copies in circulation as of May 2025. Shochiku and CyberAgent are on the production committee.
Katsuyuki Konishi joins a cast anchored by Taihi Kimura and Tomokazu Seki, both announced earlier this year. Konishi's character Togo Shiba is a key figure in the revenge narrative that drives the series. The anime is directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi, who previously directed From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! and served as key animator on iconic sequences from Naruto and Naruto Shippūden. Production duties fall to Cypic, a studio formed through CyberAgent's anime division, not to be confused with subsidiary Cygames Pictures. The world tour will offer fans a six-month advance look at the series before Japan's full premiere in spring 2027. The manga's circulation sits at 4 million copies, a figure that rose rapidly after the manga was nominated for the 2025 Eisner Awards and won the Next Manga Awards 2024 print category.
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