The official website for the television anime of Yukino Sonoyama‘s Bless manga revealed in a character promotional video on Thursday that Yoshiki Nakajima will voice Joe Osaki in the series.

The anime will debut in January 2027 and will air on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina programming block.

The anime will star:

Shōtarō Kitamura (Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!) is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures, and Takayuki Kikuchi (episode director for Solo Leveling, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) is the assistant director. Fukurou Kamiza (Non Non Biyori Nonstop) is writing and overseeing the series scripts. Honoka Yokoyama (Oshi no Ko TV 2, Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence) is both the character designer and chief animation director, and Tetsuya Kawakami (A Certain Magical Index, Sword Art Online) and Reina Iwasaki (VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream) are also chief animation directors. Ryō Yoshimata (Somali and the Forest Spirit, After the Rain) is composing the music.

Other staff members include:

Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English and it describes the story:

They said Aia was destined to be a model, and Jun was bullied for her freckles. Together, they will take back the power to define themselves in an inspirational fashion manga that asks cutting questions about what it really means to be beautiful—and what it takes to overcome an arbitrary system that seems to respect talent over hard work. 

Sonoyama debuted the manga in Kodansha‘s Shonen Magazine Edge magazine in 2022, and the series now runs in Monthly Shonen Sirius. Kodansha published the ninth volume on October 8. The manga has more than 1.25 million copies in circulation.

Kodansha USA Publishing released the manga’s seventh volume on February 10. Kodansha is also releasing the manga digitally on its K MANGA service.

The manga is also inspiring a live-action series that Amazon Prime Video will stream worldwide exclusively in spring 2027.

Sources: Bless anime’s website, Comic Natalie

The official website for the anime of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba‘s The Vermillion Mask (Shuiro no Kamen) manga announced on Thursday that the anime’s second part will debut in April 2027 on the Yomiuri TV and NTV channels, and will air every Saturday at 5:30 p.m. JST.

Yomiuri TV describes the anime:

At the center of the story is Peru, a young apprentice mask maker who loses control under the influence of a cursed mask, slaying both his master and comrades in a tragic outburst. Wracked with guilt, Peru sets off on a journey to destroy the legendary masks his master once crafted, crossing paths with unlikely allies and deadly foes. What unfolds is a gripping battle for redemption, as both the fate of Peru’s soul and the world itself hang in the balance.

The anime will premiere on October 10 on Yomiuri TV and NTV at 5:30 p.m. JST, and it will have two parts or cours (quarters of a year). Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs.

The anime stars:

T.N.T rock band’s vocalist Yuya Tegoshi will also voice a character in the anime’s 12th episode. (That episode will be the final episode of the anime’s first part.)

Tetsuaki Watanabe (BLUELOCK season 1) is directing the anime at 100Studio (WOW Studio). Gai Hazako is the assistant director. Daisuke Ōhigashi (Fate/strange Fake) is in charge of series composition. Hisashi Higashijima (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) is drawing the character designs. Fumiyuki Go is the sound director. Arisa Okehazama (The Apothecary Diaries) is composing the music.

MAN WITH A MISSION performs the opening theme song “Firestarter,” and yutori performs the ending theme song “Koe.”

Dr.Poro and Naba launched the manga in Shōnengahōsha‘s Young King Ours magazine in February 2021. Shōnengahōsha will publish the manga’s 10th compiled book volume on November 30.

Orange’s emaqi e-bookstore platform publishes the manga in English.

Sources: The Vermillion Mask anime’s website, Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web