{"rewrite":{"id":"r_987a6aec2e572d4768bf8635","clusterId":"c_f95d6772af20510a93cd5e08","slug":"kagurabachi-anime-world-tour-dates-announced-first-episode-to-premiere-at-anime-expo-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kagurabachi Anime World Tour Dates Announced, First Episode to Premiere at Anime Expo 2026","summary":"Shochiku announced the world tour schedule for the television anime adaptation of Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga on Wednesday. The tour will begin on July 3, 2026, at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, where the first 20 minutes of episode 1 will screen as a world premiere. Subsequent screenings will take place at Japan Expo Paris on July 9, AnimagiC in Mannheim, Germany on August 1, and Anime NYC on August 22. The full first episode will screen in Japan in spring 2027. Select events will host panels featuring lead voice actor Taihi Kimura (Chihiro Rokuhira), manga editor Takurō Imamura, cross-media producer Riki Azuma, and producer Kōichi Yasuda. The anime is directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi at Cypic, with Keigo Sasaki designing the characters. The series will debut in April 2027. The manga, which began in Weekly Shonen Jump in September 2023, has 4 million copies in circulation as of May 2026.","whyItMatters":"The world tour structure, with staggered international previews months before the Japanese premiere, reflects a strategy to build global audience anticipation for a series that has already won the Next Manga Award and sold 4 million copies.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe world tour was originally announced alongside the anime adaptation earlier this year. Studio Cypic, a rebranding of Cygames Pictures, is handling animation production. The studio's recent works include \u003cem\u003eThe Summer Hikaru Died\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUma Musume: Cinderella Gray\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirector Tetsuya Takeuchi previously directed \u003cem\u003eFrom Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!\u003c/em\u003e and worked as a key animator on \u003cem\u003eNaruto\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNaruto Shippūden\u003c/em\u003e. Character designer Keigo Sasaki previously worked on \u003cem\u003eBlue Exorcist\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUma Musume: Cinderella Gray\u003c/em\u003e. Shochiku and CyberAgent are on the production committee.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe manga has been nominated for several major awards. It was nominated in December 2024 for the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards and in April 2025 for the 49th annual Kodansha Manga Awards. It was also nominated for the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The manga ranked at #13 in January for Da Vinci's top manga titles of 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eViz Media's Shonen Jump service and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service are releasing the manga digitally in English. Viz Media is also releasing the manga in print and released the seventh volume on May 5.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kagurabachi's world tour screens 20 minutes of episode 1 overseas but holds the full episode for Japan until spring 2027, ten months after the first event.","twitterPost":"Kagurabachi screens 20 minutes of episode 1 globally starting July 2026, but the full episode won't air in Japan until spring 2027.","threadsPost":"Kagurabachi's world tour gives international fans a 20-minute preview of episode 1 starting July 2026, but the complete episode won't screen in Japan until spring 2027. That gap between the partial preview and the full domestic release is an unusual rollout for a Weekly Shonen Jump adaptation.","newsletterBlurb":"The Kagurabachi anime world tour will kick off at Anime Expo 2026 with a 20-minute preview of episode 1. The tour continues through Europe and New York before the full episode screens in Japan in spring 2027. The series is set for an April 2027 debut.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-03/kagurabachi-anime-world-tour-preview-1st-episode-at-anime-expo-japan-expo-paris-animagic-in-july-/.238105\",\"title\":\"Kagurabachi Anime's World Tour Preview 1st Episode at Anime Expo, Japan Expo Paris, AnimagiC in July, Anime NYC in August\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/kagurabachi-anime-reveals-world-tour-dates-episode-1-world-premiere-set-for-anime-expo-2026/\",\"title\":\"Kagurabachi Anime Reveals World Tour Dates, Episode 1 World Premiere Set for Anime Expo 2026\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":9819,"outputTokens":1279,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780512731,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T18:43:21.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-03T18:48:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T18:48:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f95d6772af20510a93cd5e08","canonicalTitle":"Kagurabachi Anime Reveals World Tour Dates, Episode 1 World Premiere Set for Anime Expo 2026","representativeArticleId":"a_a2b048605e221c95ea5b8757","sourceCount":3,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Kagurabachi\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-03T15:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-03T20:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T20:06:29.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-03/kagurabachi-anime-world-tour-preview-1st-episode-at-anime-expo-japan-expo-paris-animagic-in-july-/.238105","title":"News\nKagurabachi Anime's World Tour Preview 1st Episode at Anime Expo, Japan Expo Paris, AnimagiC in July, Anime NYC in August"},{"source":"Siliconera (Anime)","url":"https://www.siliconera.com/kagurabachi-anime-world-tour-starts-at-anime-expo/","title":"Kagurabachi Anime World Tour Starts at Anime Expo"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/kagurabachi-anime-reveals-world-tour-dates-episode-1-world-premiere-set-for-anime-expo-2026/","title":"Kagurabachi Anime Reveals World Tour Dates, Episode 1 World Premiere Set for Anime Expo 2026"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Kagurabachi"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The world tour for the Kagurabachi anime begins on July 3, 2026, at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, where the first 20 minutes of episode 1 will screen.","The tour includes screenings at Japan Expo Paris on July 9, AnimagiC in Mannheim, Germany on August 1, and Anime NYC on August 22.","The full first episode will screen in Japan in spring 2027, and the series will debut in April 2027.","The anime is directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi at Studio Cypic, with character design by Keigo Sasaki.","The Kagurabachi manga, which began in September 2023, has 4 million copies in circulation as of May 2026."]}