Kodansha House Watch Party Screens Bless Ahead of 2027 Premiere
An early screening tucked inside a warehouse pop-up put Bless in front of a US convention audience months before its January 2027 premiere, with Kodansha using the watch party to hand out the source manga alongside the episode.
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The first episode of Bless, based on Yukino Sonoyama's manga and premiering in January 2027, screened early at the Kodansha House pop-up in New York as part of an October 12 watch party with three other anime titles. Attendees received first volumes of the four screened shows' source manga as gifts. Bless follows two students at a fashion-focused high school who pair up for a transformation-themed runway show.
Kodansha's New York Comic Con pop-up hosted an October 12 anime watch party inside a converted warehouse, at which the first episode of Bless screened ahead of its January 2027 premiere. The venue sat amid other activations, with music and passing traffic audible through the open doors. Attendees left with the first volumes of the four shows' source manga.
Bless adapts Yukino Sonoyama's manga about a model who wants to do makeup and a shy classmate with freckles, paired for a transformation-themed runway show.
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