Nue's Exorcist TV Anime Set For Summer 2027, Studio Hibari And Main Cast Revealed
The source material finished first in AnimeJapan 2025's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll, an award that received over 156,000 votes across all nominated titles, putting an adaptation from a typically non-adaptation-focused studio in front of a proven audience.
Key Facts
- Kota Kawae's Nue's Exorcist manga is getting a TV anime adaptation that will debut in summer 2027 on TV Asahi, announced during the Jump Press livestream.
- Studio Hibari is animating Nue's Exorcist with Hiroyuki Hashimoto directing and Hiroshi Seko overseeing series scripts.
- Kaito Miura voices Gakuro Yajima, Saori Onishi voices Nue, and Sayumi Suzushiro voices Kazusa Suo in Nue's Exorcist.
- Shueisha published Nue's Exorcist's 16th compiled volume on September 4, and Viz Media published the eighth volume in English on September 1.
- Nue's Exorcist topped AnimeJapan 2025's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll, which drew more than 156,000 votes across all nominated titles.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The Jump Press livestream on Monday announced that Kota Kawae's Nue's Exorcist manga is getting a television anime adaptation, set to debut in summer 2027 on TV Asahi. The announcement also revealed a teaser video, a teaser visual, the main cast, and the main staff. Hiroyuki Hashimoto is directing at Studio Hibari. Hiroshi Seko is overseeing series scripts, Shunpei Mochizuki is designing the characters, Takayuki Yamaguchi is the sound director, and MONACA is composing the music. Kaito Miura voices Gakuro Yajima, Saori Onishi voices Nue, and Sayumi Suzushiro voices Kazusa Suo. Kawae launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in 2023. Shueisha published the 16th compiled volume on September 4. Viz Media published the eighth volume in English on September 1. The manga topped AnimeJapan 2025's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll.
Studio Hibari's involvement is a departure from its recent output. The studio's credited recent works include the Laidbackers original anime film and Magical Girl Raising Project, and its announced lineup has leaned toward original projects rather than manga adaptations.
Director Hiroyuki Hashimoto's credits also include Classroom of the Elite and Magical Girl Raising Project. Series composition writer Hiroshi Seko's recent work includes Dorohedoro and DAN DA DAN. Character designer Shunpei Mochizuki worked on Sakugan, and sound director Takayuki Yamaguchi worked on Laidbackers, Dead Mount Death Play, and Classroom For Heroes. MONACA, which is composing the music, worked on NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a.
The manga carries the Japanese title Nue no Onmyouji. Viz Media's English-language description opens with a line about a powerful spirit waiting for the right human to free her. It describes protagonist Gakuro Yajima as an outcast who can see spirits, beings drawn to human sadness and anger, and who meets Nue after accidentally entering a sealed room. Nue asks him to defeat the evil spirits roaming his school. Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga digitally, and the anime's website, X account, and a Jump Press livestream carried the announcement.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.