@otakuweek: 📌 INFO 🎬 BLACK TORCH (Burakku Tōchi / ブラックトーチ) 📺 Streaming: Crunchyroll / Japan: ABEMA, d Anime Store, U-NEXT 🎙 Audio: Japanese VO / multi-language dubs on Crunchyroll 💬 Subtitles: Multi-language on Crunchyroll 🎨 Studio: 100studio — Quality Assurance in Another World, The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei 📅 Season: Summer 2026 / 04.07.2026 🎞 Episodes: 12 📚 Source: Manga ✍️ Original Creator: Tsuyoshi Takaki 📂 Genres: Action / Adventure / Supernatural 🎭 Theme: Ninja / Mononoke / Battles 📊 Status: Currently Airing ⸻ 📖 STORY Jiro Azuma is a ninja descendant who can talk to animals. After meeting Rago, a wounded black cat hiding a dangerous mononoke power, he gets pulled into a hidden battle between humans and spirits. ⸻ 📚 MANGA / SOURCE ACHIEVEMENTS 📚 Manga completed in 5 volumes / 19 chapters 📚 Serialized in Jump Square, then Shonen Jump+ 📚 French release by Ki-oon ✍️ Tsuyoshi Takaki is best known for Black Torch and Heart Gear. ⸻ SHAME. The potential is real. Episode 3 confirmed it. The action was short, but it was fluid, clean, and genuinely satisfying. For now, Black Torch is already promising. But I still need to see a real full fight before judging how far this anime can go. Episode 4 should be the real test.

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Tuesday 21 July 2026 02:54:30 GMT