{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b19ec212f7a9b7961dc3cd70","clusterId":"c_dd89894bcbf040cb11b8eeb9","slug":"eleceed-anime-sets-april-2027-broadcast-as-kadokawa-ships-first-two-volumes","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"ELECEED Anime Sets April 2027 Broadcast as KADOKAWA Ships First Two Volumes","summary":"The TV anime of ELECEED will broadcast in April 2027, with Junya Enoki voicing Woo-ah Ji. Hiroshi Nishikiori directs at Dandelion Animation Studio, with Yosuke Kuroda on scripts and Minami Sakura on character design. Tasuku Hatanaka, Setsuji Sato, Hayato Dojima, and Shizuka Ito round out the announced cast. KADOKAWA releases Japanese editions of Volumes 1 and 2 on October 23, with a trading card bonus at the official store.","whyItMatters":"The production is launching with the manga's Japanese edition already dated, so the anime and the published volumes arrive in the same window rather than the anime trailing the source by a season.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe lead role goes to Junya Enoki, whose credits include Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen. Kayden, the strongest Awakened who lives with Woo-ah as a talking cat, has no announced voice actor yet. The cast list also names Shizuka Ito as Cheon-young Yoo, the young representative of the organization Shinhwa.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKADOKAWA\u0026#39;s October 23 release of Volumes 1 and 2 precedes the broadcast by more than a year. The official online store adds a trading card as a first-come bonus, and goods already sold on the ELECEED store are set for a sale tied to the anime announcement.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"ELECEED gets an April 2027 date six months before KADOKAWA ships Japanese Volumes 1 and 2. The anime will arrive with a backlog already waiting for viewers who want to read ahead.","twitterPost":"ELECEED's April 2027 broadcast lands with KADOKAWA shipping Volumes 1 and 2 in October, giving the anime a ready backlog before episode one.","threadsPost":"KADOKAWA ships ELECEED Volumes 1 and 2 on October 23, well before the April 2027 broadcast. The anime will premiere with a two-volume backlog already on shelves, so the question becomes whether new viewers start with the anime or the manga.","newsletterBlurb":"ELECEED gets an April 2027 broadcast date, with Junya Enoki leading the cast and Hiroshi Nishikiori directing at Dandelion Animation Studio. KADOKAWA's Japanese editions of Volumes 1 and 2 land October 23. Kayden's voice actor is still unannounced.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Real Sound Anime\",\"url\":\"https://realsound.jp/movie/2026/10/post-2559479.html\",\"title\":\"TV Anime 'ELECEED' to Begin Broadcasting in April 2027; Japanese Comic Release Also Set\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4845,"outputTokens":630,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792579034,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T10:32:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T10:36:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T10:36:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dd89894bcbf040cb11b8eeb9","canonicalTitle":"TVアニメ『エレキシード（ELECEED）』2027年4月より放送開始　日本版コミックスの発売も","representativeArticleId":"a_3ad6b662c59cb1cedc2deaf4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"ELECEED\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"ELECEED\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-21T09:00:13.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-21T09:00:13.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T10:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Real Sound Anime","url":"https://realsound.jp/movie/2026/10/post-2559479.html","title":"TVアニメ『エレキシード（ELECEED）』2027年4月より放送開始　日本版コミックスの発売も"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["ELECEED"],"manga_titles":["ELECEED"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}