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Phantom Busters TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff and Teaser Visual
The Phantom Busters TV anime has unveiled its first teaser visual, main staff and the cast of its four lead characters. It will air in Japan in 2027.
The teaser visual shows the group of four protagonists. According to Anime!Anime!, the image shows Mogari lunging forward to devour a spirit while his friends get dragged along, hinting at a chaotic school life. Anime News Network says the anime's official website revealed the visual, main cast and main staff on Monday.
Neoshoco's original manga is serialized in Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine and has more than 1.4 million copies in circulation, including digital copies. The sources confirm it will air in 2027.
Cast and staff
The main cast includes Nobuhiko Okamoto as Mogari Shishikuno, Natsuki Hanae as Eugene Korekishi, Koki Uchiyama as Kaoru Kanzaki and Ryota Suzuki as Kotaro Tamon.
Chika Nagaoka (Tamon's B-Side, Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire) directs the anime at TOHO animation STUDIO. Takahiro Kishida (Haikyu!!, Durarara!!, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) and Rina Iwamoto (Blade & Bastard, Magical Suite Prism Nana) design the characters.
What is it about?
Phantom Busters follows Mogari, a high school student who can devour spirits and who leaves his strict family to enjoy a normal school life in Kamakura. He meets Eugene, a straight-A student who does not believe in ghosts, and together they form an exorcism club. They are soon joined by Kaoru, a manga fan who can see spirits, and Kotaro, who can talk to ghosts but struggles with living people.
When and where
The anime will air in Japan in 2027. The manga is released digitally in English on Viz Media's Shonen Jump app and Shueisha's MANGA Plus.