{"id":474061,"date":"2026-06-12T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474061\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:16:09","slug":"kagurabachi-anime-gets-first-main-character-trailer-and-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474061\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagurabachi anime gets first main character trailer and visual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/kagurabachi-started-as-a-meme-and-is-now-one-of-shonen-jumps-sharpest-new-series-heres-why-it-stands-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From meme to Shonen Jump\u2019s next hyped action series<\/a>, Takeru Hokazono\u2019s manga Kagurabachi has already been on a wild ride, and its anime adaptation isn\u2019t even out yet. Ahead of its April 2027 premiere, the show\u2019s production committee released the first character visual and trailer for series protagonist Chihiro Rokuhira.<\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar, Kagurabachi is a revenge story. After a group of elite sorcerers cuts down Chihiro&#8217;s father and steals six of the enchanted swords he created, the young man sets out on the path of revenge to reclaim these blades. While the manga\u2019s significant hype made it the subject of widespread jokes when it debuted, the series has since (mostly) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/kagurabachi-anime-trailer-chihiro\/file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/elgon\/Documents\/From%20Bureaucrat%20to%20Villainess:%20Dad\" s=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">turned perceptions around<\/a>. The manga began in 2023 in Weekly Shonen Jump and has been compiled into 11 volumes, with 4 million copies in circulation.<\/p>\n<p>Cypic (formerly CygamesPictures) is adapting the anime. The studio was founded in 2016 and has since put out an impressive run of adaptations, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/anime\/617467\/the-summer-hikaru-died-queer-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">harrowing queer horror series The Summer Hikaru Died<\/a> and the sports story spectacle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/612058\/umamusume-pretty-derby-popularity-what-is-explainer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Umamusume: Cinderella Gray<\/a>, alongside big-swing originals, like Apocalypse Hotel and Brave Bang Bravern. In particular, the studio\u2019s recent film, Umamusume: Pretty Derby \u2014 Beginning of a New Era features such spectacular animation that viewers may even suspend disbelief about its absurd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/umamusume-pretty-derby-2025-retrospective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">horse girls<\/a> concept.<\/p>\n<p>As for Kagurabachi\u2019s staff, the show will be directed by industry veteran Tetsuya Takeuchi (key animation for Jujutsu Kaisen, etc., episode director for Heavenly Delusion, director of the underrated comedy From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad\u2019s Been Reincarnated!). Keigo Sasaki is handling character designs (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray), and Rokuhira will be voiced by Taihi Kimura.<\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"750\" height=\"938\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kagurabachi-character-visual-chihiro-rokuhira\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kagurabachi-character-visual-chihiro-rokuhira.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kagurabachi-character-visual-chihiro-rokuhira.png\" class=\"img-brightness-opt-out\"\/><br \/>\n        Image: Takeru Hokazono\/Shueisha\/Project Kagurabachi<\/p>\n<p>While the show won\u2019t officially release until April, the first 20 minutes of its premiere will be screened early as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/kagurabachi-anime-world-tour-premiere-episode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kagurabachi World Tour<\/a>. The show will be previewed at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Japan Expo Paris, AnimagiC in Germany, and Anime NYC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From meme to Shonen Jump\u2019s next hyped action series, Takeru Hokazono\u2019s manga Kagurabachi has already been on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-474061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}