The upcoming makeup anime has also unveiled a new visual.
The anime adaptation of Yukino Sonoyama's “Bless” has revealed its main cast during the Aniplex One Focus livestream held this Saturday, 12 September. The segment also unveiled a new visual featuring the character Jun Sumisaki.
The anime has set its broadcast window to January 2027, although an exact date is yet to be revealed. A-1 Pictures is set to animate the series.
Bless
Premiere window: January 2027
Animation studio: A-1 Pictures
What do we know about “Bless” so far?
The anime has revealed its main cast:
- Tomohiro Ono as Aia Udagawa
- Chiyuki Miura as Jun Sumisaki
Shotaro Kimura is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures, the rest of the staff are:
- Assistant Director: Takayuki Kikuchi (A-1 Pictures)
- Series Composition, Script: Theravada Owl
- Character Design: Honoka Yokoyama
- Chief Animation Directors: Honoka Yokoyama, Tetsuya Kawakami (A-1 Pictures), Reina Iwasaki
- Costume Design: Akane Takeda (A-1 Pictures)
- Prop Design: Takayuki Kito
- Main Animators: Yuichiro Iida, Marina Kobayashi, Mirai Harashima (A-1 Pictures)
- Hair and Makeup Supervisor: Katsuyoshi Kojima (tron)
- Graphic Illustration: Kashimaki
- Color Design: Mana Kitahigashi (A-1 Pictures)
- Art Director: Risa Wakabayashi (A-1 Pictures)
- Art Setting: Yoshiya Taira (A-1 Pictures)
- CG Director: Yuki Kuribayashi
- Director of Photography: Hideki Eto (EXPLOSION)
- Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Music: Ryo Yoshimata
- Sound Director: Kohei Yoshida
- Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
What is “Bless” about?
Bless adapts the manga by Yukino Sonoyama, which initially serialised in Shonen Magazine Edge before transferring to Monthly Shonen Sirius. The Manga has been ongoing since 2022, and currently has eight volumes.
The official website describes the story as:
Aia Udagawa, who gave up on his dream of becoming a makeup artist, and Jun Sumizaki, who longed to be a model but couldn't take the first step. The two, who had been hiding their true desires and conforming to those around them, begin to pursue their dreams through "makeup" after a contest at the school festival.