{"id":511550,"date":"2026-06-26T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/511550\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:57:11","slug":"kagurabachi-anime-crunchyroll-release-date-katsuyuki-konishi-joins-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/511550\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagurabachi Anime Crunchyroll Release Date, Katsuyuki Konishi Joins Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/crunchyroll\/\" id=\"auto-tag_crunchyroll\" data-tag=\"crunchyroll\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> has acquired the international streaming rights for the eagerly anticipated upcoming anime series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/kagurabachi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kagurabachi\" data-tag=\"kagurabachi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kagurabachi<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdditionally, the streamer has confirmed actor <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/katsuyuki-konishi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_katsuyuki-konishi\" data-tag=\"katsuyuki-konishi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katsuyuki Konishi<\/a> has joined the Japanese voice cast as Togo Shiba and unveiled a new teaser featuring a first look at the character in the \u201cKagurabachi\u201d anime TV series. The previously announced cast for the Cypic-produced show includes Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira and Tomokazu Seki as Kunishige Rokuhira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBased on the popular \u201cWeekly Shonen Jump\u201d manga by Takeru Hokazono, \u201cKagurabachi\u201d was first announced in April by animated studio Cypic and set for an April 2027 debut. The show is now slated to stream at that time on Crunchyroll in all territories excluding Japan, Mainland China, North Korea and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kagurabachi_Character-Visual_Togo-Shiba_Vertical.png\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"819\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cKagurabachi\u2019s\u201d dark story follows swordsman Chihiro Rokuhira as he seeks vengeance against a group of sorcerers while wielding a powerful, magical katana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe \u201cKagurabachi\u201d anime adaptation is directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi, with character design by Keigo Sasaki, and animation produced by Cypic (\u201cUmamusume: Cinderella Gray,\u201d \u201cThe Summer Hikaru Died\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAhead of the April 2027 premiere, the \u201cKagurabachi\u201d producers and Crunchyroll will treat fans to a \u201cWorld Tour\u201d of early episode screenings. The Kagurabachi Anime World Tour Part 1 will kick off at Anime Expo before heading to Japan Expo, AnimagiC, Otakon and Anime NYC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPer Crunchyroll, additional details on the \u201cKagurabachi\u201d anime, including further casting and production updates, will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the new \u201cKagurabachi\u201d character trailer for Togo Shiba in the video below, followed by a new teaser for the anime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crunchyroll has acquired the international streaming rights for the eagerly anticipated upcoming anime series \u201cKagurabachi.\u201d Additionally, the streamer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13916,146,85,46,203162,234754],"class_list":["post-511550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-crunchyroll","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kagurabachi","tag-katsuyuki-konishi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}