Tōgen Anki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Akita Shoten's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion since June 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Hibari aired from July to December 2025. A sequel has been announced.
Plot
Shiki Ichinose is a rebellious teenager living with his adoptive father, Tsuyoshi. One day, their lives are upended when they are attacked by an assassin, leading Shiki to discover that he is an Oni and that Tsuyoshi was formerly a Momotarou, a hunter of Oni, who abandoned his duty to raise him. Following Tsuyoshi's death, Shiki is drawn into the longstanding conflict between the Oni and the Momotarou, vowing to survive and exact revenge.
Characters
Rasetsu Academy
Students
- Ichinose Shiki
- Shiki is an oni whose powers manifest after an attack by the Momotarou results in the death of his adoptive father. Biologically, he is one of the eight children of Kishin and inherits the Fire elemental attribute. His Blood Eclipse Release manifests as various guns, a reflection of his past interest in them. The tremendous output of his power generates severe aftereffects, such as causing blood to rain from the sky.
- Kōgasaki Jin
- A student in Shiki's class and his roommate. His father is a Momotarou who previously attempted to kill Jin after he discovered his son was an oni, leaving Jin with scars and stitches all over his body. His father also killed his mother and sister for the same reason. As a result, Jin seeks little else but to eventually get powerful enough to kill his father, often brushing off Shiki and the others. His Blood Eclipse Release manifests as buzzsaws that pop out from his wounds.
- Byōbugaura Homare
- A student in Shiki's class, as well as his love interest. In her past, she was heavily abused by her parents, leaving her constantly apologetic and self-deprecating. Her Blood Eclipse Release manifests as the "Blood Titan", a gargantuan, ghoul-like representation of her sister, who used to protect her from their parents before being killed by their father.
- Yaoroshi Ikari
- A student in Shiki's class. Having a volatile temper, his Blood Eclipse Release manifests as any object that comes to mind whenever he is in a bad mood.
- Yusurube Jūji
- A student in Shiki's class. Though he generally appears collected and intelligent, he is actually a massive pervert who frequently tries to lose his virginity, to no avail. His Blood Eclipse Release manifests as sonar, which activates by seeping into cracks and traveling relatively far distances.
- Kiriyama Rokuro
- A student in Shiki's class. He is extremely averse to all uncomfortable situations, a result of him losing his oni girlfriend to an illness. His Blood Eclipse Release manifests as paper fans and a dancing outfit, having been a dancer in the oni village he grew up in.
- Sazanami Kuina
- A student in Shiki's class. Though usually appearing brash and tough, she has a motherly fetish that causes her to uncontrollably dote on people she sees as weak and is attracted to. Sazanami soon forces Kiriyama into a relationship under this pretense, much to his dismay. Her Blood Eclipse Release manifests as kickboxing gloves.
Staff
- Kōchō
- The mysterious headmaster of Rasetsu Academy. Though he and Mudano have a good relationship, he rarely speaks to him in person and is almost always covered from head to toe in traditional Japanese garb; his real appearance is that of an androgynous man with blue skin, white hair, and tattoos all over his body.
- Mudano Naito
- The teacher of Shiki's class. A taciturn, strict man, he is a highly-skilled fighter respected as such by both the oni and the Momotarou. He often travels on roller skates instead of walking. His Blood Eclipse Release manifests as an umbrella.
- Oiranzaka Kyōya
- A medical oni initially the main force behind the medical wing of the oni's Kyoto branch, but later becoming Rasetsu Academy's personal doctor. His Blood Eclipse Release grants him the ability to perform miraculous blood transfusions that can even restore lost limbs, although he can only do a certain amount at a time. Though often called out for being lecherous, he has a deep care for his patients.
Oni
- Namikido Kaoru
- Yodogawa Masumi
Momotarou
The main antagonists of the series, based on the Japanese folk heroes of the same name. Similar to the oni ability to manipulate blood, Momotarou are able to wield their own bacteria for this purpose.
- Momoya Samidare
- A leading Momotarou officer with an intense hatred for oni. Driven by envy for his colleague Tsuyoshi Ichinose, he murdered him after hunting him down when he left the Momotarou agency. Shiki's main goal is to have his revenge against Momoya.
- Momomiya Tsubakiri
- A captain in Kyoto's Momotarou branch. A sadistic man, he lost his capacity for empathy after a berserk oni child murdered his mentor and the latter's family, and came to work primarily in a scientific capacity, dissecting oni corpses. His Momotarou ability allows him to manipulate corpses, including homunculi creations of his own making, that he transfers his bacteria to. After leading the assault on the oni's Kyoto branch, he is mortally wounded by Shiki's awakened Enki abilities, before being finished off by Mudano.
- Momokusa Yomogi
- Tsubakiri's partner. Her Momotarou ability allows her to create near-impenetrable walls with her bacteria.
- Momoiwa Shinya
- A captain in Tokyo's Momotarou branch. His Momotarou ability allows him to peer into the vision of up to 36 people for 24 hours. He is also capable of making a target see his vision, as long as his bacteria is present on them. Due to the non-combative nature of his power, Momoiwa was often deemed by fellow Momotarou as unable to advance highly, causing him to become obsessed with status and begin using underhanded tactics—including breaking Momotarou policy by putting the lives of humans in danger—to advance through the ranks. He targets Shiki with the hopes that killing Enki will further advance his rank, and resorts to manipulating Mikado and torturing Kougasaki to do so. Momoiwa is eventually killed after Kougasaki uses his oni power to slit his throat.
- Momodera Mikado
- A kindly Momotarou and Momoiwa's partner, regarded as a prodigy. He and Shiki, unaware of each other's identities, became fast friends after meeting each other in Tokyo. Momoiwa used this to reveal Shiki's true identity and manipulate him into thinking that Shiki murdered innocent humans. After they part ways, however, Mikado expresses sympathy for the oni, which causes him to get transferred. His Momotarou power is similar to Shiki's oni power in that it allows him to create guns.
- Momoka Tsukuyomi
- An officer in Tokyo's Momotarou branch, and Osuke's partner. His Momotarou power allows him to use his bacteria to create soldiers based on tarot cards that he draws. Because of his ability, he has an extreme proclivity towards fortune telling, and often will not indulge in combat if he draws an unfavorable fortune. He is defeated by Mudano, but has his life spared.
- Momokado Osuke
- An officer in Tokyo's Momotarou branch, and Tsukuyomi's partner. A bloodthirsty man, he solely seeks the thrill of the fight and challenges oni such as Mudano with the hopes of defeating powerful opponents. His Momotarou power allows him to use his bacteria to copy the ability of any ability he sees within a 24-hour period. He is eventually defeated by Ikari, but survives after being recovered by other Momotarou.
Other characters
- Ichinose Tsuyoshi
- Shiki's adoptive father. Formerly a Momotarou partnered with Momoya, he took an infant Shiki in after discovering that he is a child of Kishin and left the organization, presumably due to being unable to murder a child. Momoya's envy eventually drove him to murder Tsuyoshi.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by ,
Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood started in
Akita Shoten's manga magazine
Weekly Shōnen Champion on June 11, 2020.
Akita Shoten has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on October 8, 2020.
As of February 2026, twenty-eight volumes have been released.
In March 2024, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume released on September 17 of that same year.
A spin-off manga by Dōma Oda, titled 'Tougen Anki Side Story: The Rhapsody of the Moon and Cherry Blossoms', started serialization in Monthly Shōnen Champion on June 6, 2025.
Volumes
Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood
Tougen Anki Gaiden: Tsuki to Sakura no Kyōsō Kyoku
Stage play
In December 2023, it was announced that the series would receive a stage play adaptation, which ran at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater in
Tokyo from February 17 to 24, 2024, and at the Umeda Arts Theater's Theater Drama City in
Osaka from February 29 to March 3 of the same year.
Anime
In May 2024, it was announced that the series would receive an
anime television series adaptation.
It was produced by
Studio Hibari and directed by Ato Nonaka, with Hiroyuki Hashimoto serving as assistant director, Yukie Sugawara handling series composition and writing the screenplays, character designs by Ryoko Amisaki with him also serving as chief animation director alongside Yopi, and
Kohta Yamamoto composing the music, with music production by
Pony Canyon.
The series aired from July 11 to December 26, 2025, on the Friday Anime Night programming block on
Nippon TV and its affiliates.
For the first cours, the opening theme song is "Overnight", performed by The Oral Cigarettes,
while the ending theme song is "What is Justice?", performed by
Band-Maid.
For the second cours, featuring the "Nerima Arc", the opening theme song is 阿弥陀籤, performed by , while the ending theme song is "Action", performed by .
Remow licensed the series for simultaneous airing on Crunchyroll and other services such as Samsung TV Plus (North America), Anime Onegai (Latin America), Bandplay (Brazil), Animation Digital Network (several European territories), Anime Generation (Italy) and Anime Key (Middle East and North Africa). Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video are also streaming the series worldwide outside of Mainland China.
Following the airing of the final episode, a sequel titled Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc, was announced.
Episodes
Video game
A role-playing video game adaptation by Com2uS and
Sega, titled 桃源暗鬼 Crimson Inferno, was announced in March 2025 for mobile devices and PC.
It was unveiled at Tokyo Game Show 2025.
Reception
By February 2022, the manga had over 1.2 million copies in circulation;
over 1.85 million copies in circulation by November 2022;
over 2.2 million copies in circulation by March 2023;
over 2.6 million copies in circulation by December 2023;
and over 3 million copies in circulation by May 2024.
The manga was nominated for the 2021 Next Manga Awards in the print category.
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