The trailer for the newly-announced KAGURABACHI anime adaptation has surpassed 6 million views in under 24 hours on the official platforms. The long-awaited anime announcement arrived on April 27, alongside the production details. The anime will premiere in April 2027.
Studio Cypic will handle the animation production, with Tetsuya Takeuchi as the director. Takeuchi is famously known for the Rock Lee vs Gaara fight in Naruto. We previously also had the chance to interview CyberAgent’s Takahiro Yamauchi, who talked about the company and its goal of creating “high-quality Japanese animation works that can be accepted globally.”
The KAGURABACHI trailer has approximately 5.1 million views on X (formerly Twitter), with the remaining coming through the YouTube uploads. The Japanese version published by Shochiku currently has around 400,000 views, while the English version on the same channel has roughly 800,000 views. An additional English upload by CyberAgent drew around 170,000 views within the same timeframe.
The story follows the young Chihiro, who was trained by his father to become a swordsmith. After his father is murderer, Chihiro sets on a path of revenge to avenge him with yakuza and sorcerers standing against him. The official synopsis:
Flames of resolve, kindled by hatred.
Chihiro Rokuhira is a boy who aspires to become a swordsmith, and took daily training under his
father Kunishige, a renowned swordsmith. Their days, once filled with laughter, are brutally torn apart
by an attack from the mysterious sorcerer organization, the Hishaku.
What is stolen from them are the six Enchanted Blades—swords of immense power capable of
shaping the fate of the nation—and the gentle, warm life they once shared.
From that day on, everything changed. In a world engulfed in darkness, Chihiro takes up Enten, the
seventh Enchanted Blade left behind by his father, and sets out on a blood-soaked path of revenge.
Source: KAGURABACHI Official Website, Official X, Shochiku YouTube, CyberAgent YouTube
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