Yoshiki Nakajima Joins Bless Anime as Joe Osaki
The casting notice locks the last of the main roster while the production stays on a January 2027 Noitamina date, with the manga's ninth volume out the same day and an Amazon Prime Video live-action series set for spring 2027.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The Bless television anime has cast Yoshiki Nakajima as Joe Osaki, revealed in a character promotional video on Thursday. The series debuts in January 2027 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block. Tomohiro Ono, Chiyuki Miura, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yoshino Aoyama, Momoka Terasawa, and Kentaro Kumagai also star. Shotaro Kitamura directs at A-1 Pictures. The manga, by Yukino Sonoyama, has more than 1.25 million copies in circulation.
Nakajima joins a cast that already carries most of the principal roles: Tomohiro Ono as Aia Udagawa, Chiyuki Miura as Jun Sumisaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ginga Yoyogi, Yoshino Aoyama as Oroka Sumeragi, Momoka Terasawa as Shitataka Sumeragi, and Kentaro Kumagai as MM.
Shotaro Kitamura directs at A-1 Pictures, with Takayuki Kikuchi as assistant director and Fukurou Kamiza overseeing scripts. Yukino Sonoyama's manga runs in Monthly Shonen Sirius, and Kodansha published the ninth volume on October 8. A live-action series is also in the works for Amazon Prime Video in spring 2027.
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