{"rewrite":{"id":"r_dd5f52f63c05ff63e57ceaa3","clusterId":"c_88252d6f4c6e42f2959b7984","slug":"black-torch-anime-reveals-final-promo-ahead-of-september-19-finale","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Black Torch Anime Reveals Final Promo Ahead Of September 19 Finale","summary":"The staff of the Black Torch television anime released a final promotional video on Friday, previewing episodes 11 and 12 and what the video calls the final battle. The finale is set for September 19 on Crunchyroll, which streams the series in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS, and also carries a same-day English dub. Kei Umabiki directs at 100Studio. Gou Suzuki designs characters, Gigaemon Ichikawa writes and supervises series scripts, and Yutaka Yamada composes music. SiM performs the opening theme \"Freeze Me Up\" and I Don't Like Mondays. performs the ending theme \"Groooovy.\" The anime adapts Tsuyoshi Takaki's manga about Jiro Azuma, who can talk to animals and gains power after a stray cat fuses with him. Ryota Suzuki voices Jiro and Yoji Ueda voices Rago. The anime debuted on July 4. Viz Media publishes the manga in English.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation reaches its finale eight years after the source manga ended, so the closing episodes complete material that stopped at five collected volumes rather than promoting an ongoing series.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe final promo previews episodes 11 and 12 and closes with a line from the anime\u0026#39;s English account: \u0026#34;The fates of countless souls are relying on Jiro \u0026amp; Rago. Just make a fist...\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSub-character design: Yumi Nakamura, Masahiko Suzuki, Mariko Kinoshita\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDesign works: Shunya Kikuchi\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eArt directors: Sachi Takahashi, Shoko Imaizumi\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eColor design: Haruko Nobori\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCG director: Hirotaka Naito\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDirector of photography: Satoshi Yamamoto\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEditing: Masato Yoshitake\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSound director: Takeshi Takadera\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSound effects: Naoto Yamatani\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKei Umabiki\u0026#39;s prior directing credits include ClassicaLoid and Quality Assurance in Another World. Gou Suzuki worked on Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, Gigaemon Ichikawa on Himitsu no AiPri, and Yutaka Yamada on Tokyo Ghoul.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full cast adds Sayaka Senbongi as Ichika Kishimojin, Junya Enoki as Reiji Kirihara, Junichi Suwabe as Ryosuke Shiba, and Reina Ueda as Usami. Takaki, also known for Heart Gear, launched the manga in Jump Square in December 2016. Shueisha shipped the fifth and final volume in August 2018. Viz Media released the first English volume on August 7, 2018.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Black Torch ends after 12 episodes, with the same-day English dub running through the September 19 finale on Crunchyroll. The dub's day-one pace means the English run finishes with the Japanese run rather than trailing it.","twitterPost":"Black Torch closes at 12 episodes, and its English dub arrives the same day. The finale's dub lands September 19 too, not weeks behind it.","threadsPost":"Black Torch runs only 12 episodes, and Crunchyroll's English dub has kept the same-day pace all season. That means the September 19 finale finishes both language tracks at once, with no second window for dub viewers.","newsletterBlurb":"The Black Torch anime has a final promotional video ahead of its September 19 finale on Crunchyroll, previewing episodes 11 and 12. The series adapts Tsuyoshi Takaki's manga, which ended in 2018 at five volumes. 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