Japanese publisher Shueisha has surprised fans of Tsuyoshi Takaki’s action shonen manga Black Torch with an exciting announcement: the work will have its own anime adaptation. In addition, it was confirmed that the animation studio 100studio will be in charge of the production of the series. To celebrate the news, a promotional trailer was presented during the Emerald City Comic Con event.
This preview of the Black Torch anime is over a minute long and offers a first glimpse of the animation, allowing us to appreciate some of the striking sequences that this adaptation will bring. New information about a possible release date in Japan will be announced soon.
Additionally, the opening of an X/Twitter account and an official website for the anime adaptation of the shonen manga Black Torch was announced to the public. In these media, an incredible visual image for the series was presented to the public. In addition, the production team has been introduced, which is as follows:
Kei Umabiki is in charge of directing the anime. The animation studio 100studio is in charge of the production of the anime. Gou Suzuki is in charge of the anime’s character design. Gigaemon Ichikawa will be in charge of writing and supervising the anime’s scripts. Yutaka Yamada is in charge of composing the anime’s soundtrack.
Information about Black Torch:
Black Torch is an action shonen manga written and illustrated by Tsuyoshi Takaki. The work began its serialization in the monthly magazine Jump Square of the publisher Shueisha in December 2016 and continued until March 2018. In April 2018, the manga was transferred to the Shonen Jump+ service, a platform where its publication ended in July 2018. Shueisha has collected the work in a total of five volumes.
The Black Torch manga has the following description: Seventeen-year-old Jirou Azuma lives a quiet life with his grandfather, using his supernatural ability to talk to animals to befriend and protect them. Both Jirou and his grandfather are descended from an ancient shinobi clan and train in combat to keep the art of battle alive within their family.
Jirou’s life is altered after he rescues a seemingly normal black cat, Ragou, and discovers that he is actually a mononoke, a demonic spirit that has long been at war with humanity. When a hostile mononoke comes looking for Ragou, Jirou uses his shinobi training to leap to the cat’s defense, but immediately suffers a mortal wound.
Faced with the decision of whether or not to devour Jirou’s energy and regain his full power, Ragou opts to give Jirou his remaining energy. By reviving the boy, the transfer also grants him great supernatural powers that complement his own shinobi fighting style. This act is witnessed by Ryousuke Shiba, an officer of the Espionage Bureau whose job revolves around dispatching aggressive mononoke. Shiba makes Jirou and his grandfather an offer: join the Bureau’s new squad, Black Torch, and help them fight the powerful mononoke who seek to devour innocent people.
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