A new key visual, second official PV trailer, additional cast member, and main opening theme song have been revealed for the upcoming Tougen Anki TV anime series. The show will premiere in Japan in July 2025, with international streaming plans to be announced at a later date.
The new trailer highlights the protagonist Shiki Ichinose’s experience at Rasetsu Academy, and features the main opening theme “OVERNIGHT” by The Oral Cigarettes. Meanwhile, the visual depicts the Rasetsu Academy members navigating a sinister underground passage that is illuminated by a red glow.
The visual and second trailer were unveiled during Pony Canyon’s booth stage event at AnimeJapan 2025. The event featured four of the anime’s main cast members discussing the overall series, their respective characters, and behind-the-scenes experiences from the recording sessions.
Ato Nonaka is directing the anime, with Hiroyuki Hashimoto (ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape) as assistant director, Yukie Sugawara (Overlord, Combatants Will Be Dispatched!) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter, Ryoko Amisaki (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School: Future Arc) as character designer, and KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Attack on Titan: The Final Season) as music composer. Studio HIBARI is handling the animation production for the series.
Other staff include Hiroyuki Becchaku as art designer, Scott MacDonald (Tasokare Hotel, Love All Play) as art director, Saki Tada (Astra Lost in Space) as color designer, Naoki Serizawa as composite director, Ryota Fukushima as CG director, and Satoki Iida (BanG Dream! Season 2-3) as sound director.
The original dark fantasy adventure manga series by Yura Urushibara began serialization in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion on June 11, 2020 and has released 22 tankobon volumes as of January 2025. Yen Press releases the manga in English under the title Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood.
