Kagurabachi Anime: Studio Cypic's April 2027 Adaptation and What Collectors Should Know
Kagurabachi, Takeru Hokazono's dark-fantasy sword-vengeance manga, is officially becoming a TV anime. Studio Cypic (the outfit formerly known as CygamesPictures) is producing the adaptation, which is set to premiere in April 2027 and stream on Crunchyroll. Ahead of that, the production has been running a world-tour premiere: the first roughly 20 minutes of episode 1 screened at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 3, 2026, followed by showings at Japan Expo in Paris, AnimagiC in Germany, and AnimeNYC on August 22, 2026. For a series that built a near-mythic online following before it even had an anime, the countdown has begun in earnest.
What Kagurabachi Is About
Serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump since September 2023, Kagurabachi is a modern-day dark fantasy about Chihiro Rokuhira, an 18-year-old swordsman on a quest for revenge. After his father — the legendary swordsmith Kunishige Rokuhira — is murdered and six of his father's Enchanted Blades are stolen by a criminal sorcerer group, Chihiro sets out to reclaim them. His weapon is Enten, a seventh blade forged specifically to destroy the other six. It's a lean, stylish, ultra-violent revenge story that critics have compared to the mood of John Wick and The Batman, and it has already crossed over four million copies in circulation as of April 2026, with eleven collected volumes and an English release from Viz Media that began in late 2024.
The Anime: Studio Cypic, Staff, and Cast
The adaptation is directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi, with character designs by Keigo Sasaki. Taihi Kimura voices protagonist Chihiro Rokuhira, and veteran actor Tomokazu Seki plays his father Kunishige. Cypic's early-2026 rebrand and the studio's willingness to tour footage internationally before launch both signal that this is being handled as a marquee title rather than a routine Jump adaptation. With the TV premiere set for April 2027, fans have a long runway — which, historically, is exactly when figure lines and prize campaigns for a hot Jump property start to take shape.
Why Collectors Should Be Watching
Kagurabachi occupies the same shelf, spiritually, as the modern wave of dark, supernatural Shonen Jump action — think Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Bleach's darker arcs. That matters for collectors because those franchises show the playbook: an anime announcement builds hype, the broadcast drives demand, and figures, scale statues, and Ichiban Kuji prizes follow the spotlight. Chihiro's stoic design and his signature blade Enten are exactly the kind of striking, poseable silhouette that translates well to figures. It's still early — no release dates or prices should be treated as fixed yet — but this is the moment savvy collectors start tracking a series, before a breakout anime season sends demand (and secondary prices) climbing.
Building Your Dark-Fantasy Jump Shelf
Kagurabachi doesn't have its own collectible line stocked at Akibato yet, but fans of its brooding, blade-driven Shonen Jump energy tend to collect the same neighbors. If you love Kagurabachi's tone, browse Chainsaw Man collectibles at Akibato for the same modern-dark-Jump vibe, or dig through the broader anime figures collection to build out a display while you wait for Chihiro to hit shelves. Getting your setup ready now means you're not scrambling when the first Kagurabachi figures arrive.