BLESS Anime: January 2027 on Noitamina, Cast and Crunchyroll

The BLESS TV anime premieres in January 2027 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block. On October 22, 2026, a new character PV revealed Tarusuke Shingaki as Hikaru Oya, and Crunchyroll confirmed it will stream the series. A-1 Pictures is animating it.

The anime adapts Yukino Sonoyama's manga about two teens who chase their dreams through makeup and modeling. Here's the new PV, where to watch, the full cast and the staff.

BLESS anime at a glance

• Premiere: January 2027

• TV in Japan: Fuji TV, Noitamina block

• Streaming: Crunchyroll (worldwide except Japan and China)

• Studio: A-1 Pictures

• Director: Shotaro Kitamura

• Leads: Tomohiro Ono and Chiyuki Miura

When does the BLESS anime come out?#

BLESS starts airing in January 2027 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block, according to the official site. The exact date has not been announced yet. Browse the rest of the season on our Winter 2027 anime page.

Where to watch BLESS#

Crunchyroll will stream BLESS worldwide, excluding Japan and China, when it premieres in January, according to Anime News Network.

BLESS character PV: Hikaru Oya#

The eighth character PV runs 15 seconds on the Aniplex YouTube channel and gives the first listen to Tarusuke Shingaki as Hikaru Oya.

Hikaru Oya is a popular model and makeup artist, Aia's role model, and one of the founders of the makeup school Mirror. In a comment on the official site, Shingaki says Oya watches over Aia with a mix of admiration and frustration. Shingaki hopes to share the story's passion and the power of makeup to bring out a person's charm.

BLESS anime cast#

The cast has been revealed one character PV at a time since September 12:

• Aia Udagawa: Tomohiro Ono

• Jun Sumisaki: Chiyuki Miura

• Ginga Yoyogi: Nobuhiko Okamoto

• Oroka Sumeragi: Yoshino Aoyama

• Shitataka Sumeragi: Momoka Terasawa

• MM: Kentaro Kumagai

• Joe Osaki: Yoshiki Nakajima

• Akiharu Nakano: Koki Uchiyama

• Hikaru Oya: Tarusuke Shingaki

Aia is a former model in the first year of high school who gave up on becoming a makeup artist. Jun, a classmate, hides a tall frame and freckles at school but keeps practicing the model walk Jun's mother taught. Ginga is a rising young makeup artist from Saga, while Oroka, Shitataka, MM, Joe and Akiharu are members of Mirror.

BLESS teaser visual#

The teaser visual, revealed in September, shows a freckled girl holding a white lily close to her face.

BLESS anime staff#

• Original work: Yukino Sonoyama (Monthly Shonen Sirius, Kodansha)

• Director: Shotaro Kitamura

• Assistant director: Takayuki Kikuchi

• Series composition and scripts: Fukurou Kamiza

• Character design: Honoka Yokoyama

• Hair and makeup supervisor: Katsuyoshi Kojima (tron)

• Music: Ryo Yoshimata

• Sound director: Kohei Yoshida

• Animation production: A-1 Pictures

Shotaro Kitamura directed Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, and Ryo Yoshimata scored Somali and the Forest Spirit. The staff also includes a dedicated hair and makeup supervisor, Katsuyoshi Kojima of tron.

What is BLESS about?#

Aia Udagawa gave up on the dream of becoming a makeup artist. Jun Sumisaki longs to be a model but has never dared to try. Both have hidden what they want and gone along with everyone else.

A contest at their school festival changes that, and the two start walking toward their dreams through makeup. The official site calls it a coming-of-age ensemble story, and the tagline reads "This is my own runway."

The BLESS manga#

Yukino Sonoyama launched BLESS in 2022 in Kodansha's Shonen Magazine Edge, and it now runs in Monthly Shonen Sirius. Volume 9 came out on October 8, 2026, and the series has over 1.25 million copies in circulation.

Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English, and it is also on K MANGA. A live-action series is coming to Amazon Prime Video worldwide in spring 2027. Track the manga on our BLESS manga page.

For official updates, follow the official site and the official X account. You can also track the anime on our BLESS anime page.