The TV anime Bless, based on Yukino Sonoyama’s original manga, will begin airing in January 2027 on Fuji TV’s “Noitamina” programming block. The main cast, a new teaser visual, and character promotional videos have also been revealed.
Character Trailer 1:
Character Trailer 2:
Teaser Visual:
CAST:
Tomohiro Ono as Aia Udagawa
Chiyuki Miura as Jun Sumisaki
STAFF:
Director: Shotaro Kitamura
Assistant Director: Takayuki Kikuchi (A-1 Pictures)
Series Composition & Script: Fukuro Kamiza
Character Design: Honoka Yokoyama
Chief Animation Supervisor: Honoka Yokoyama, Tetsuya Kawakami (A-1 Pictures), Reina Iwasaki
Costume Design: Akane Takeda (A-1 Pictures)
Prop Design: Takayuki Kido
Main Animator: Yuichiro Iida, Marina Kobayashi, Miku Harashima (A-1 Pictures)
Hair & Makeup Supervisor: Katsuyoshi Kojima (tron)
Art Director: Risa Wakabayashi (A-1 Pictures)
Music: Ryo Yoshimata
Production: A-1 Pictures
The series is currently serialized in Monthly Shonen Sirius, a manga magazine published by Kodansha. The manga has surpassed 1.25 million copies in total circulation, and volume 8 is scheduled for release on March 9.
Kodansha describes the story as follows:
At a young age, Aia Utagawa was scouted as a model, but his real ambition is to become a makeup artist. But, even as the end of high school approaches, it’s a dream he hides inside, afraid of stepping outside his prescribed role as a pretty face. Then, one day, he meets Jun, a quiet classmate who hunches because she’s ashamed of her face, covered in freckles. He convinces her to enter a school runway fashion contest together—with him doing her makeup. They make an incredible team, with Jun discovering a confidence she never knew she could show and Aia finally learning that, while it may be tough to open yourself up to failing at the one thing you care about, the difficulties can be worth facing.
Source: Comic Natalie
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