Image courtesy of REMOW
© Yura Urushibara (AKITASHOTEN) /TOUGEN ANKI PROJECT
Crunchyroll announced on Saturday that it is now streaming an English dub for the first two episodes of the Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc television anime based on Yura Urushibara‘s Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood manga. The announcement did not mention the English dub cast.
The anime debuted on television on October 2 and on streaming services outside Japan on October 2 at 25:00 JST (effectively October 3 at 1:00 a.m.).
REMOW describes the new arc:
Having survived the fierce battles in Kyoto and Nerima, Shiki and his fellow students at Rasetsu Academy are steadily growing stronger. But Yaoroshi rejects Mudano’s lessons on the importance of friendship. Drawn to Oni Brigade General Hayate Todoroki’s call for “the total eradication of the Momotaro,” he leaves the academy. When Shiki realizes that the Oni Brigade’s creed makes even noncombatants targets for slaughter, he sets out after Yaoroshi with Mudano and the other students. Their destination is Nikko, where Kegon Falls stopped flowing some time ago, and a massive research facility has since been built. Within its walls, horrific experiments are underway…
The Tougen Anki anime debuted in July 2025. The “Nerima Arc” began in October 2025.
The anime streams outside Japan on the following platforms: Crunchyroll, Netflix, Prime Video, Samsung TV Plus, Anime Onegai, Bandplay, ADN, ANIME GENERATION, Anime Key, iQIYI international, bilibili (Bstation), Laftel, Bahamut, My-Video, 中華電信MOD, HamiVideo, KKTV, friDay, LINE TV, ANIWON, ANIBOX, TVING, WAVVE, LAFTEL, WATCHA PLAY, KT genieTV, SK BTV, and LG U+TV.
On Prime Video, the series is available worldwide except in Japan and Mainland China, and on Netflix the series is available worldwide outside of Japan. Crunchyroll is also releasing an English dub for the series.
The anime also has a mini companion anime titled Onimomomomo. The staff released the episodes weekly alongside the main episodes.
Ato Nonaka is directing the anime at Studio Hibari. Hiroyuki Hashimoto is the assistant director. Yukie Sugawara (The Idolm@ster SideM, No Guns Life, The Unwanted Undead Adventurer) is writing and supervising the anime’s scripts. Ryoko Amisaki (Kino’s Journey – the Beautiful World-) is designing the characters. Hiroyuki Becchaku is the art designer, while Scott MacDonald is directing the art. Saki Tada is the color key artist. Naoki Serizawa is the compositing director of photography. Ryota Fukushima is directing the CG. Yumika Okazaki is editing. Satoki Iida is directing the sound, and Kohta Yamamoto is composing the music. Pony Canyon is credited for the music production.
Urushibara launched the manga in Akita Publishing‘s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in June 2020. The 30th compiled book volume shipped on July 8. Yen Press began publishing the manga in English in September 2024, and it will release the sixth volume on November 24.
The manga previously inspired a stage play that ran Tokyo and Osaka in February 2024, and a sequel stage play ran in January 2025.
Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)