A Jump Press livestream revealed the upcoming anime adaptation of Kōta Kawae’s manga Nue’s Exorcist (Nue no Onmyōji), which will premiere in summer 2027. It has also revealed a trailer, key visual, and staff and cast details.
The teaser trailer is available here:
The Nue’s Exorcist X (formerly Twitter) account released this key visual too:
The newly announced cast members are:
- Kaito Miura as Gakuro Yajima
- Saori Ōnishi as Nue
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Kazusa Suo
The anime will be produced by Studio Hibari and it will air on TV Asahi. Thus far, the staff members revealed are:
- Director – Hiroyuki Hashimoto
- Script Supervisor – Hiroshi Seko
- Character Designer – Shunpei Mochizuki
- Sound Director – Takayuki Yamaguchi
- Composer – MONACA
In 2025, AnimeJapan conducted a poll for “Manga We Want to See Animated”, which Nue’s Exorcist won. Kawae’s manga is published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in Japan and is available on MANGA PLUS digitally in English. It began releasing in May 2023, with sixteen volumes available in Japanese. Viz Media has published eight volumes in English, with volume nine scheduled to release on November 3. Volume ten will release on January 5, 2027. It gives the first volume this description:
Outcast Gakuro Yajima’s only goal in life has been to avoid spirits and try to live in peace. One day, he accidentally enters a sealed room and meets Nue, a quirky spirit who asks him to defeat the evil ones roaming his school. Gakuro is reluctant to take her up on the offer, but the spirits won’t be waiting patiently for him to make up his mind…
