DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR WITH ENHYPEN Anime Premieres in January 2026

The highly anticipated anime “DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR“, (Based on the ENHYPEN WEBTOON), is set to begin broadcasting this January. A new key visual and teaser PV have just been released.

Teaser Trailer:

New Key Visual:

CAST:
Kikunosuke Toya as Heli
Hiroto Shimizu as Jaan
Shugo Nakamura as Jino
Jin Ogasawara as Solon
Shunichi Toki as Shion
Yuto Uemura as Jakah
Chiaki Kobayashi as Noa
Fuka Izumi as Sooha

STAFF:
Director: Shoko Shiga
Series Composition: Toko Machida
Character Design: Masami Inomata
Music: Naoki “naotyu-” Chiba
Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
Animation Production: TROYCA

The original WEBTOON by HYBE ran from 2022 to 2024, spanning 70 chapters. As of September 2024, Yen Press has published the English edition of the manhwa, with four volumes released.

Official Synopsis: 

Based on an original story about ENHYPEN, the webtoon “Dark Moon: The Blood Altar” is getting an anime.

ENHYPEN is a seven-member boy band formed through the 2020 audition show I-Land. In November 2020, they debuted with the release of their first mini-album “BORDER: DAY ONE.” In July 2023, their world tour “Fate” took them to 21 performances in 13 cities in South Korea, Japan, the United States, and other countries, where they performed for a total of over 327,000 people. In July 2024, their second studio album “ROMANCE UNTOLD” became their first double-million seller as they continue to be active globally.

“Dark Moon: The Blood Altar” is a massive hit webtoon with over 190,000,000 views about seven boys based on the members of ENHYPEN attending the prestigious Decelis Academy who experience a fateful encounter with a female transfer student.

Sources: Aniplex Online Fest 2025, DARK MOON official website

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