{"id":622593,"date":"2026-09-12T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622593\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T16:26:09","slug":"bless-tv-anime-reveals-main-cast-january-2027-debut-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622593\/","title":{"rendered":"Bless TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, January 2027 Debut &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=1257\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aniplex<\/a> One Focus livestream event on Saturday revealed the main cast, January 2027 debut, and teaser visual for the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-03-06\/yukino-sonoyama-bless-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2027\/.234986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=245349\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yukino Sonoyama<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=38625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bless<\/a> manga.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"600\" alt=\"bless-kv.jfif\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/241697\/bless-kv.jfif.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bless_anime\/status\/2098722679885025775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bless anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u5712\u5c71\u3086\u304d\u306e\u30fb\u8b1b\u8ac7\u793e\uff0f\u30d6\u30ec\u30b9\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>The anime will star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=197487\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomohiro \u014cno<\/a> as Aia Udagawa and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=183652\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chiyuki Miura<\/a> as Jun Sumisaki. The event also revealed short character videos for both characters.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>The anime will debut in January 2027 and will air on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=30\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fuji TV<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=5732\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noitamina<\/a> programming block.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"427\" alt=\"bless-1\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.9\/234986\/bless-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CB7NKTS9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Yukino Sonoyama, Kodansha, Kodansha USA Publishing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=111870\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sh\u014dtar\u014d Kitamura<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=31056\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!<\/a>) is directing the anime at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=9909\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A-1 Pictures<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=122048\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takayuki Kikuchi<\/a> (episode director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=26000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Solo Leveling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=21401\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaguya-sama: Love is War<\/a>) is the assistant director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=294393\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fukurou Kamiza<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=22215\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Non Non Biyori Nonstop<\/a>) is writing and overseeing the series scripts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=174481\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honoka Yokoyama<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=28810\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oshi no Ko TV 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=25841\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence<\/a>) is both the character designer and chief animation director, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=37596\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tetsuya Kawakami<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=10044\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Certain Magical Index<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=13858\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sword Art Online<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=195964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reina Iwasaki<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=26966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream<\/a>) are also chief animation directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=57333\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ry\u014d Yoshimata<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=22014\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Somali and the Forest Spirit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After the Rain<\/a>) is composing the music.<\/p>\n<p>Other staff members include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15577\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kodansha USA Publishing<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-07-01\/kodansha-usa-reveals-21-new-print-licenses-3-omnibus-releases-2-digital-licenses\/.199832\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">releasing<\/a> the manga in English and it describes the story:\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThey said Aia was destined to be a model, and Jun was bullied for her freckles. Together, they will take back the power to define themselves in an inspirational fashion manga that asks cutting questions about what it really means to be beautiful\u2014and what it takes to overcome an arbitrary system that seems to respect talent over hard work.<\/p>\n<p>Sonomaya debuted the manga in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=88\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kodansha<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=19629\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shonen Magazine Edge<\/a> magazine in 2022, and the series now runs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=19627\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monthly Shonen Sirius<\/a>. Kodansha will publish the ninth volume on October 8. The manga has more than 1.25 million copies in circulation.<\/p>\n<p>Kodansha USA Publishing released the manga&#8217;s seventh volume on February 10. Kodansha is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-09-14\/kodansha-k-manga-service-adds-the-awakening-of-a-great-saint-bless-manga\/.202382\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">releasing<\/a> the manga digitally on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=24071\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K MANGA<\/a> service.<\/p>\n<p>The manga is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-08-27\/yukino-sonoyama-bless-manga-gets-live-action-show-on-amazon-prime-globally\/.241061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inspiring<\/a> a live-action series that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=14558\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a> will stream worldwide exclusively in spring 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Aniplex One Focus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fJQ77cDmvYY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">livestream<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Aniplex One Focus livestream event on Saturday revealed the main cast, January 2027 debut, and teaser visual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-622593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}