Manga 'Black Torch' Gets TV Anime Adaptation

by Vindstot
11 hours ago | 12 Comments

A television anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Takaki's Black Torch manga was announced at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Washington on Saturday. Production company Bushiroad simultaneously opened an official website, revealing the main staff, a teaser promo, and a teaser visual (pictured).

Staff
Director: Kei Umabiki (Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru)
Series Composition, Script: Gigaemon Ichikawa (Otonari ni Ginga)
Character Design: Gou Suzuki (Sword Art Online: Alicization)
Music: Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga)
Studio: 100studio

Takaki serialized the action supernatural manga in Jump SQ. from December 2016 to March 2018 before switching it to Shounen Jump+ the following month and ending it in July 2018. Shueisha published the fifth and final volume in August 2018.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in July 2017 and released the fifth volume in August 2019. The manga has also been published in multiple foreign languages, including Spanish, French, and Italian.

Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Jirou Azuma lives a quiet life with his grandfather, utilizing his supernatural ability to speak with animals to befriend and protect them. Both Jirou and his grandfather are descendants of a long-standing shinobi clan, training in combat to keep the art of battle alive within their family. Jirou's life is thrown into upheaval after rescuing a seemingly normal black cat, Ragou, only to discover that the cat is actually a mononoke—a demonic spirit that has long been at war with mankind. When a hostile mononoke comes looking for Ragou, Jirou uses his shinobi training to jump to the cat's defense, but immediately suffers a mortal wound.

Faced with the decision of whether or not to devour Jirou's fading energy and restore himself to full power, Ragou instead chooses to give his remaining energy to Jirou. 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 in the Bureau of Espionage whose job revolves around dispatching aggressive mononoke. Shiba extends Jirou and his grandfather an offer: to join the Bureau's new squad, Black Torch, and help them battle powerful mononoke who seek to devour innocent people. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Teaser PV

Official site: https://blacktorch-anime.com/
Official X: @BlackTorchAnime
Official English X: @BlackTorch_EN

Source: VIZ Media

Black Torch on MAL

12 Comments Recent Comments

Yes it only had 19 chapters but please check the volume count, cause something like this getting an anime is actually feasible unlike Ayashimon which only had 25 chapters and 3 volumes. Chances are this is going to end the same way the manga did. The only thing we could possibly hope from this is that somehow this gets more people interested in Black Torch hopefully resulting in the resurrection of the manga.

5 hours ago by Mystic077

Okay, Mx0 animu adaptation when?

5 hours ago by KimgeaR

Good news!
I'm hoping they'll add more content, since the manga was only 19 chapters long.

6 hours ago by renzospark

@wildhood

wildhood said:
But this might be the first time an axed manga (as in axed very early on) ever gets an anime, because I never heard of this ever happening before.

Not the first time. Romantic Killer also got an anime adaptation. Although the manga got axed after 4 volumes.

7 hours ago by ZXEAN

Like others said, an axed manga getting an anime... an anime that looks better than certain other VERY popular WSJ titles...

Will be watching just because of the godsend Yutaka Yamada doing the OST.

8 hours ago by IzanaSolos

An axed manga with not even 20 chapters getting an anime adaptation 7 years after it ended. Interesting. Hopefully the content is expanded and the whole story that the author didn't get to tell is able to be told.

8 hours ago by thebrentinator24

@MegamiRem The next level is the adaptation of the canseled manga like Gal Cleaning. In our time, everything is possible.

9 hours ago by RobertBobert

An axed manga with barely any chapters getting anime. There's a bunch of those I'd like to get anime actually.

9 hours ago by MegamiRem

Oh my, A black cat:3

10 hours ago by Absurdo_N

Okay, a manga that got axed almost 7 years ago, and therefore had the story end prematurely, is getting an anime adaptation? And the anime might even ignore the manga ending and possibly be the full story the author wanted had it not gotten axed? Probably unlikely, and most likely will just adapt everything like it was in the manga, including the ending. But this might be the first time an axed manga (as in axed very early on) ever gets an anime, because I never heard of this ever happening before.

10 hours ago by wildhood

can't wait to SIMP for the girls

holy shit, i can't decide which one is best girl 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

10 hours ago by EcchiGodMamster

This is the most unexpected anime announcement... I was reading the manga during his release, and it got cancelled/a forced conclusion with only 20 chapters.... Btw the fights and powers, and characters design was cool..

11 hours ago by Yumi_Sakigami