Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine confirmed that Takeru Hokazono’s Kagurabachi manga will be taking a 1-week break due to the author’s “sudden illness.” Originally planned to release in the magazine’s 25th issue for 2026, the next Kagurabachi chapter will return in the 26th issue on May 25.
Kagurabachi is getting a television anime adaptation in April 2027. The anime will star Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira. Tetsuya Takeuchi directs the Kagurabachi anime at studio Cypic, and Keigo Sasaki handles the character design. Shochiku and CyberAgent are on the production committee.
The anime will have a “world tour” event, aptly titled Kagurabachi World Tour, this summer that will focus on showing the first 20 minutes of the first episode across various anime events. The world tour will end in Japan in spring 2027 where the anime will be eventually released.
Hokazono first released the Kagurabachi manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in September 2023. Shueisha published the manga’s 11th compiled volume in Japan on May 1. The manga has enjoyed massive success and has 4 million copies in circulation.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga series, via Manga Plus:
Young Chihiro spends his days training under his famous swordsmith father. One day he hopes to become a great sword-maker himself. The goofy father and the serious son–they thought these days would last forever. But suddenly, tragedy strikes. A dark day soaked in blood. Chihiro and his blade now live only for revenge. Epic sword battle action!
