Episode 1
The Future Is in Our Hands
24m8.6 / 10
When high school animal whisperer and ninja Jiro finds an injured cat, the supernatural unleashes.
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Written by Gigaemon Ichikawa
TV series
BLACK TORCH
2026TV-141 season8.5 / 10
Jiro Azuma is no average high schooler. A descendant of ninjas and trained in the ancient warrior art of the shinobi, Jiro is also able to talk with animals. After a mysterious encounter with an injured cat named Rago, Jiro discovers the feline is actually the legendary Black Star of Doom! Joined by the Bureau of Espionage, they fight off swarms of mononoke lying in wait to exploit Rago’s powers.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
Jiro Azuma is no average high schooler. A descendant of ninjas and trained in the ancient warrior art of the shinobi, Jiro is also able to talk with animals. After a mysterious encounter with an injured cat named Rago, Jiro discovers the feline is actually the legendary Black Star of Doom! Joined by the Bureau of Espionage, they fight off swarms of mononoke lying in wait to exploit Rago’s powers.
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Episode 2
The Choice Is Yours
24m8.4 / 10
Jiro awakens in hospital only to learn he is now under the surveillance of the Bureau of Espionage.
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Episode 3
WHAT'S MY NAME?
24m8.5 / 10
Jiro is cuffed in a van, and the tension could be cut with a katana thanks to Jiro’s escort, Ichika.
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Episode 4
Two Is Not Enough
24m9.0 / 10
Jiro is pitted against the newest recruit, Reiji, and each challenger’s fist has a tale to tell.
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Episode 5
Young Gunz
24m
In a subterranean hold, an imposing monolith towers over Jiro and Reiji-- Rago’s former prison.
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Episode 6
Turn Up
24m
Jiro, Ichika, and Reiji have been handed a new trial, this time from the “friendly” mononoke Fuyo.
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Episode 7
3 ON THREE
24m
Mononoke have just committed mass murder, but it's more than just all-you-can-eat human meat.
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Episode 8
Underdog
24m
The dueler who confronted Reiji is his own kin and Shinji’s inner turmoil is about to finally erupt.
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Episode 9
ONE
24m7.5 / 10
Finally Jiro has gained consciousness, in a vast warehouse, behind the stone-cold stare of Kusumi.
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Episode 10
Deadly Skillz
24m
Jiro enters a mononoke’s forest only to meet a new and odd mononoke in the form of a white snake.
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Episode 11
Black or White
24m7.5 / 10
Amagi’s dark ambitions have come to light, but Jiro is determined to save Rago and settle the score!
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More about BLACK TORCH
Cast
Ryota SuzukiJiro Azuma (voice)
Yoji UedaRago (voice)
Sayaka SenbongiIchika Kishimojin (voice)
Junya EnokiReiji Kirihara (voice)
Junichi Suwabe(voice)
Reina Ueda(voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa(voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto(voice)Credits
- Written by
- Gigaemon Ichikawa
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 12
- Original language
- Japanese
Networks & production
Tokyo MXJapan
100studioJapan
ShueishaJapan
Shogakukan-Shueisha ProductionsJapan- VIZ Media JapanJapan
HIKEJapan
Themes
animebased on mangablack catfriendshipghostguardianhigh school studentinjured animal
