South Africa and Australia have been revealed to be the locations for Part 2 of the Kagurabachi world tour, which involves the screening of the upcoming TV anime‘s first 20 minutes.
Specifically, the screenings will happen at Comic Con Africa in Johannesburg and PAX Aus in Melbourne. Panels “featuring anime producers” will also take place.
Kagurabachi is an adaptation of the dark fantasy action manga by Takeru Hokazono, who was featured in Forbes Japan’s 30 Under 30 2026 list. The synopsis reads:
Flames of resolve, kindled by hatred.
Chihiro Rokuhira is a boy who aspires to become a swordsmith, and took daily training under his father Kunishige, a renowned swordsmith. Their days, once filled with laughter, are brutally torn apart by an attack from the mysterious sorcerer organization, the Hishaku.
What is stolen from them are the six Enchanted Blades—swords of immense power capable of shaping the fate of the nation—and the gentle, warm life they once shared.
From that day on, everything changed. In a world engulfed in darkness, Chihiro takes up Enten, the seventh Enchanted Blade left behind by his father, and sets out on a blood-soaked path of revenge.
The manga started serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in September 2023. Manga Plus provides the chapters in English online, while Viz Media publishes the volumes.
Kagurabachi begins airing in April 2027.
Production credits
• Director: Tetsuya Takeuchi (From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! and Yuri Seijin Naoko-san, Lycoris Recoil Episode 4 storyboard artist and director, Tengoku-Daimakyo Episode 1 battle scene storyboarder et al.)
• Character designer: Keigo Sasaki (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray co-character designer, Blue Exorcist)
• Animation production: CyPic
Cast
• Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira
• Tomokazu Seki as Kunishige Rokuhira
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Togo Shiba
• Miku Ito as Hinao
• Miyari Nemoto as Char Kyonagi
Source: Press release
