Tsuyoshi Takaki's Black Torch anime is in its final stretch, with the last two episodes set for September 19 on Crunchyroll. The adaptation, directed by Kei Umabiki at 100studio, premiered on July 4 and is based on Takaki's five-volume manga.
Tsuyoshi Takaki's Black Torch has moved from a mid-2026 premiere to the end of its television run. The anime debuted on July 4 and the staff now date the finale to September 19, when episodes 11 and 12 are set to air. A final promotional video previews what it calls the final battle. The adaptation covers material that stopped at five collected volumes, and the source manga is published in English by Viz Media.
Production details have stayed consistent across the three announcements. Kei Umabiki directs at 100studio, with Gou Suzuki on character designs, Gigaemon Ichikawa writing and supervising series scripts, and Yutaka Yamada composing music. SiM performs the opening theme "Freeze Me Up" and I Don't Like Mondays performs the ending theme "Groooovy." Ryota Suzuki voices Jiro Azuma and Yoji Ueda voices Rago. Crunchyroll streams the series across North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS, and carries a same-day English dub.
Coverage has widened as broadcast approached. Early stories listed a full Japanese cast and an English dub cast, and a May update added three veteran actors and several staff positions covering sub-character design, art direction, color, CG, photography, editing, sound direction, and sound effects. The most recent story does not revisit cast or staff beyond the confirmed leads. What remains settled is the adaptation's production team, its streaming regions, and the September 19 end date.
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Sep 11
The staff of the Black Torch television anime released a final promotional video on Friday, previewing episodes 11 and 12 and what the video calls the final battle. The finale is set for September 19 on Crunchyroll, which streams the series in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS, and also carries a same-day English dub. Kei Umabiki directs at 100Studio. Gou Suzuki designs characters, Gigaemon Ichikawa writes and supervises series scripts, and Yutaka Yamada composes music. SiM performs the opening theme "Freeze Me Up" and I Don't Like Mondays. performs the ending theme "Groooovy." The anime adapts Tsuyoshi Takaki's manga about Jiro Azuma, who can talk to animals and gains power after a stray cat fuses with him. Ryota Suzuki voices Jiro and Yoji Ueda voices Rago. The anime debuted on July 4. Viz Media publishes the manga in English.
Jun 27
The upcoming anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Takaki's manga "Black Torch" has released its opening video, featuring the theme song "FREEZE ME UP" by the band SiM. The video was streamed ahead of the series' premiere on July 4, 2026. The anime will be available on Crunchyroll in multiple regions including North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the CIS. The series is produced by studio One Double-0 (100studio), with Kei Umabiki directing, Gigaemon Ichikawa handling series composition and screenplay, Gou Suzuki on character designs, and Yutaka Yamada composing the music. The Japanese voice cast includes Ryota Suzuki as Jiro Azuma, Yoji Ueda as Rago, Sayaka Senbongi as Ichika Kishimojin, Junya Enoki as Reiji Kirihara, Junichi Suwabe as Ryosuke Shiba, and Reina Ueda as Usami. The English dub cast includes A.J. Beckles as Jiro Azuma and Erin Yvette as Ichika Kishimojin. The ending theme is "Groooovy" by I Don't Like Mondays. The manga originally ran in Jump Square from 2017 to 2018, spanning five volumes.
May 19
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Takaki's manga Black Torch announced three additional cast members and several new staff positions on May 15. Shinpachi Tsuji will voice Toshimasa Azuma, Yuko Kaida will play Toko Kusumi, and Hochu Otsuka will portray Banjuro Tokieda. The newly revealed staff include sub-character designers Yumi Nakamura, Masahiko Suzuki, and Mariko Kinoshita, design works by Shunya Kikuchi, art directors Sachi Takahashi and Shoko Imaizumi, color designer Haruko Nobori, CG director Hirotaka Naito, director of photography Satoshi Yamamoto, editor Masato Yoshitake, sound director Takeshi Takadera, and sound effects by Naoto Yamatani. The anime is directed by Kei Umabiki at 100studio, with character designs by Go Suzuki, series composition and scripts by Gigaemon Ichikawa, and music by Yutaka Yamada. Black Torch will premiere on July 4 on TOKYO MX and other channels. Crunchyroll will stream the series in multiple regions including North America, Europe, and Oceania. The manga, which ran in Shueisha's Jump Square and later on Shonen Jump+, spans five volumes and is published in English by Viz Media.