
BLACK TORCH
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.
Episodes

The Future Is in Our Hands
When high school animal whisperer and ninja Jiro finds an injured cat, the supernatural unleashes.

The Choice Is Yours
Jiro awakens in hospital only to learn he is now under the surveillance of the Bureau of Espionage.

WHAT'S MY NAME?
Jiro is cuffed in a van, and the tension could be cut with a katana thanks to Jiro’s escort, Ichika.

Two Is Not Enough
Jiro is pitted against the newest recruit, Reiji, and each challenger’s fist has a tale to tell.

Young Gunz
In a subterranean hold, an imposing monolith towers over Jiro and Reiji-- Rago’s former prison.

Turn Up
Jiro, Ichika, and Reiji have been handed a new trial, this time from the “friendly” mononoke Fuyo.

3 ON THREE
Mononoke have just committed mass murder, but it's more than just all-you-can-eat human meat.

Underdog
The dueler who confronted Reiji is his own kin and Shinji’s inner turmoil is about to finally erupt.

ONE
Finally Jiro has gained consciousness, in a vast warehouse, behind the stone-cold stare of Kusumi.

Deadly Skillz
Jiro enters a mononoke’s forest only to meet a new and odd mononoke in the form of a white snake.

Black or White
Amagi’s dark ambitions have come to light, but Jiro is determined to save Rago and settle the score!

ONCE AGAIN
A superpowered Amagi stands before Jiro while, cloaked in a Rago forcefield, a defiant Jiro awaits.
Trailers & More
About BLACK TORCH
- Creators
- Tsuyoshi Takaki
- Cast
- Ryota Suzuki, Yoji Ueda, Sayaka Senbongi, Junya Enoki, Junichi Suwabe, Reina Ueda
- Genres
- Animation, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Content rating
- TV-14
- Original language
- Japanese
- Production countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
More Like This

Hell's Paradise
2023 · Series
For a chance at a pardon, a ninja assassin joins other condemned criminals on a journey to a mysterious island to retrieve an elixir of immortality.

Natsume's Book of Friends
2008 · Series
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.

Darker than Black
2007 · Series
Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo.

Kemono Jihen
2021 · Series
When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.

Bleach
2004 · Series
For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.

Noragami
2014 · Series
Yato may just be a minor god now, but he’s determined to make it big and he’s got a plan. Unfortunately, things just don’t seem to be going his way. He doesn’t have a single shrine dedicated to him, his partner has just quit, and now he’s got to find a new divine weapon. Just when things look bleak, he meets a girl named Hiyori and changes her life forever.

Bungo Stray Dogs
2016 · Series
Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai. Together, they tear through mafia-muddled mysteries while enemies keep an eye on the tiger’s lofty bounty.

Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 · Series
After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."

Mushi-Shi
2005 · Series
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.



