Nue’s Exorcist TV Anime Announced for Summer 2027, Main Cast and Staff Revealed

Kota Kawae’s Nue’s Exorcist is officially getting a TV anime adaptation, with the series set to premiere in Summer 2027.

The first cast members have also been announced. Kaito Miura will voice the protagonist Gakuro Yajima, with Saori Onishi as Nue and Sayumi Suzushiro as Kazusa Suo. You can watch the teaser trailer below.

Hiroyuki Hashimoto is directing the anime, while Hiroshi Seko is handling series composition. Shunpei Mochizuki serves as character designer, Takayuki Yamaguchi is the sound director, and MONACA is composing the music. Studio HIBARI is handling animation production.

Also check out the teaser visual:

Nue’s Exorcist began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in May 2023. It placed first in AnimeJapan 2025’s “Manga We Want to See Animated Ranking,” which received more than 156,000 votes across all nominated titles. VIZ Media publishes the manga in English, describing the story:
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…

Source: Jump Press YouTube
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