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“Nue no Onmyoji” is a school dark-fantasy series that has been running in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2023, with 16 collected volumes and over 1.6 million copies in print — it even topped the “Manga We Want Animated 2025” ranking. It’s now been announced that the series will get a TV anime adaptation airing nationwide on the TV Asahi network in summer 2027, produced by Studio Hibari and directed by Hiroyuki Hashimoto (“Is the Order a Rabbit?”). On 5ch, reactions clashed between excitement over the author’s joy and debate over the series’ fan-service art style and its sense of déjà vu as yet another Jump title.
Kota Kawae’s “Nue no Onmyoji” is getting a TV anime adaptation airing nationwide on the TV Asahi network in summer 2027. Production is being handled by Studio Hibari, known for “Classroom of the Elite” and “Togen Anki.”
“Nue no Onmyoji” is a school dark-fantasy series that has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) since 2023. The protagonist, high schooler Gakuro Yoshima, has always been able to see beings called “Genyo” (phantom spirits). In a room at school that nobody else knows about, Gakuro meets a Genyo named “Nue” — a subculture-loving girl. The manga has 16 volumes out so far, with over 1.6 million copies in print, and it ranked No. 1 in the “Manga We Want Animated 2025” poll.
The anime will be directed by Hiroyuki Hashimoto, with series composition by Koji Seko and character design by Shunpei Mochizuki. Original creator Kawae shared his joy, writing: “Director Hashimoto’s anime of Is the Order a Rabbit? saved me back when I was a regular company employee. And now, in my days as a manga artist, I’m overwhelmed that he’s reaching out to me again — this time as the director of the Nue anime!”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
How many onmyoji manga are there at this point
isn't this stuff way overused by now❓
only a kid would find this premise fresh
( ´◔‿◔`)
In a world where "born to be a NEET" gets celebrated as a trait, that's kind of toxic, isn't it? (NEET: slang for someone not in education, employment, or training)
Was gonna give it a quick look, but if it's a harem series, hard pass
The anime's actually been in the works for like 2 years now
This kind of creepy-otaku-pandering art style should go run in Sunday or wherever the Rumiko Takahashi fans hang out
What's even the difference between Jump and Sunday anyway?
Starting with One Piece, that kind of fan service has always been Jump's specialty
That's not really a Sunday-style art, though
More like something for Ultra Jump or Jump+ (Shonen Jump's more mature-leaning spinoff magazines)
Yeah… that's looking like a no
Kinda gives off Medaka Box vibes
One Piece-type, Bleach-type, Demon Slayer-type, and the boring gag-manga slot
Everything just reeks of déjà vu
And that's exactly the problem — they mistake that formula for "what makes Jump, Jump."
The main magazine feels like it's got no future left. Nothing but stagnation
Yusei Matsui, and the SKET Dance guy
Someone Hertz is actually good
That's got nothing to do with the anime lol
W-well… guess I'll watch the first episode at least…
Blue Exorcist came before Demon Slayer, so if you want a comparison, Fullmetal Alchemist fits better — lots of similarities, like the sibling-bond theme
That one ran in Monthly Jump — or rather, Jump SQ…
All comes down to the director
It's the Is the Order a Rabbit? director
Back in the Blue Exorcist
Claymore
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
days, it was better than the main Shonen Jump
The anime (voice cast included) really brought its A-game back then too
One Piece was probably on a break or something, but still
no wonder it doesn't sell
Is this a Demon Slayer knockoff or what lol
Demon Slayer itself is just a pile of rip-offs with zero originality anyway
I don't even follow this stuff closely, but I'm always surprised how often Koki Uchiyama gets cast
Same with Tsuda Ken (Kenjiro Tsuda) — maybe there just aren't many actors who can pull off that particular voice quality
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
“Nue no Onmyoji” went through a period early in its run when its placement in the magazine’s table of contents was unstable, and some posters in the thread speculated that “a fan-service push is what saved it from cancellation” — but that’s just thread speculation, not an officially confirmed detail. Where the thread really split was over how to judge the sexualized exaggeration in the character designs, which spiraled into a debate over whether Jump or Sunday leans harder into “fan service.” In reality, both magazines regularly run titles with titillating content, so it’s less a difference between the two labels and more a matter of each individual series’ own direction. The complaint that “Jump is nothing but One Piece-types and Demon Slayer-types” also stands out, but that reflects how the most popular titles dominate conversation — it’s not an accurate picture of the magazine’s full lineup.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Speed+) thread “TV Anime Adaptation Decided for Shonen Jump’s Ongoing Series “Nue no Onmyoji”.”
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