The series will premiere sometime in January 2027.
Crunchyroll has confirmed that the anime adaptation of Yukino Sonoyama's “Bless” will air on both television and the streaming platform simultaneously in January 2027.
An exact broadcast date is yet to be confirmed.
Bless
Premiere window: January 2027
Animation studio: A-1 Pictures
Streaming platform: Crunchyroll
What do we know about “Bless” so far?
The voice cast for Bless are:
- Tomohiro Ōno as Aia Udagawa
- Chiyuki Miura as Jun Sumisaki
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ginga Yoyogi
- Yoshino Aoyama as Oroka Sumeragi
- Momoka Terasawa as Shitataka Sumeragi
- Kentarō Kumagai as MM
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Joe Osaki
- Kōki Uchiyama as Akiharu Nakano
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.