The anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Takaki's BLACK TORCH has officially arrived! BLACK TORCH episode 1 is now live on Crunchyroll both subtitled and dubbed, and you can look for new episodes to launch every Saturday at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time . BLACK TORCH Sub and Dub Release Date and Time: July 4 at 6:00 a.m. PT Where will it be available: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia WATCH NOW Kei Umabiki ( Quality Assurance in Another World ) directs the BLACK TORCH anime at 100studio, with series composition by Gigaemon Ichikawa ( The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made ), character designs by Go Suzuki ( Sword Art Online: Alicization ) and music by Yutaka Yamada ( VINLAND SAGA ). VIZ Media publishes Tsuyoshi Takaki's original manga in English. The anime is now live on Crunchyroll , which describes the story like so: Jiro Azuma is no average high schooler. A descendant of ninjas and trained in the ancient warrior art of the shinobi, Jiro is also able to talk with animals. After a mysterious encounter with an injured cat named Rago, Jiro discovers the feline is actually the legendary Black Star of Doom! Joined by the Bureau of Espionage, they fight off swarms of mononoke lying in wait to exploit Rago’s powers.