Phantom Busters Manga Gets TV Anime in 2027
The reveal arrived with no studio, cast, or staff named, leaving the production side of the 2027 broadcast entirely undisclosed at announcement.
Key Facts
- Neoshoco's Phantom Busters manga will get a television anime adaptation airing in 2027, announced on September 24.
- Phantom Busters has more than 1.4 million copies in circulation, including digital copies sold.
- Shueisha will publish the eighth compiled volume of Phantom Busters on October 2, after the seventh volume on February 4.
- Viz Media released the fourth Phantom Busters volume on July 7 and plans the fifth volume for October 6.
- Phantom Busters has run in Shueisha's Jump SQ. since 2023 and is released digitally in English on Viz Media's Shonen Jump app and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
A website and the official X account opened on September 24 to announce that Neoshoco's Phantom Busters manga will get a television anime adaptation airing in 2027. Neoshoco drew a teaser illustration for the reveal, which followed a graphic and a scheduled 18:00 JST time. The manga has run in Shueisha's Jump SQ. since 2023 and has more than 1.4 million copies in circulation, including digital copies sold. Shueisha published the seventh compiled volume on February 4 and plans the eighth volume for October 2. Viz Media releases the manga in English, published the fourth volume on July 7, and plans the fifth volume for October 6. Viz Media's Shonen Jump app and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service both release it digitally in English. The story follows straight-A student Eugene Korekishi and his classmate Mogari Shishikuno, an exorcist who swallows ghosts, as they form a school exorcist club.
The author posted a reaction on X: "The anime adaptation is happening, yay! It's all thanks to the readers. Thank you so much!" Neoshoco also wrote that "Phantom Busters is the kind of series whose fun will stand out even more when animated," adding that as the author, "I'm truly happy that it has become a reality."
- Kaoru Kanzaki, a new recruit who joins the exorcist club
- Kotaro Tamon, a classmate who seems able to talk to ghosts but struggles to communicate with living humans
The club storyline centers on the search for a fourth member, with Mogari and Eugene recruiting Kaoru before setting their sights on Kotaro. Anime Corner dates the X announcement to September 24, while Anime News Network dates the website opening only as Thursday. The copyright line on the announcement reads Neoshoco / Shueisha, Phantom Busters Production Committee, and the manga has been serialized in Jump Square since August 2023, per Anime Corner, while Anime News Network gives the launch as 2023.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Neoshoco's Phantom Busters Manga Gets TV Anime in 2027
- Anime Corner Phantom Busters Anime Adaptation Announced for 2027