Image: Jiang Jiamei / Bilibili Manga, Produktionskomitee Shozen
AMBot | 08/05/2026 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
The TV adaptation of the manga "Shozen" by Jiang Jiamei has a fixed start date: Starting in April 2027, the anime will air as part of the "B8station" programming block on Fuji TV, which the Japanese broadcaster operates jointly with the Chinese platform bilibili. To mark the announcement, those in charge released the first promotional video, which for the first time also features the voices of the main characters.
The first PV leads through vast, colorful natural landscapes and introduces the central characters: Shozen, Dōzen, Ryo Jin, Ken Sei, and Chiro. The clip also showcases the cast in action – Rina Kawaguchi voices Shozen, a girl raised by yōkai (demons), Hiroshi Kamiya plays the Taoist Dōzen, Daisuke Sakuma the nobleman Ryo Jin, Aoi Yūki his disciple Ken Sei, and Ayumu Murase the fighter Chiro.
At the heart of the story is the kind-hearted Taoist Dōzen, who on his journey discovers a human girl raised by demons. He gives her the name Shozen and takes her on as his disciple. The girl lost her mother shortly after birth, fed on demon cores, and therefore bears a death mark; human feelings and affection are foreign to her. On their shared journey, Shozen gradually begins to understand what it means to be human. Along the way, the two cross paths with Ryo Jin, the vain noble childhood friend of Dōzen who hates being mistaken for a woman, as well as Ken Sei, the gentle and intelligent disciple of Ryo Jin, and Chiro, a young man who loves justice but has a pronounced tendency to get lost.
Director and screenwriter Itsuro Kawasaki is responsible for the production; Eri Nagata handles the character designs and overall animation direction, Yoshihiro Kanno is in charge of action scenes, and the music is composed by Takuro Iga. "Shozen" is animated by the studios Dangan Pictures and Canon Code. The series is thus considered a flagship project of the cooperation between Fuji TV and bilibili: a Chinese source material from bilibili's manga service is being adapted by a Japanese team. Voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya explicitly praised the project as a new venture during the presentation and expressed his delight at working together with Daisuke Sakuma. Author Jiang Jiamei was overwhelmed by how carefully her story is being handled and hopes that "Shozen" reaches many readers and viewers.
Even before the broadcast starts, the source material can be discovered: Since August 5, the original manga has been published on the platform Raicomi (Comic Ride), initially with the first 20 chapters at once. Starting August 14, a new chapter will follow each Friday. The anime itself then starts in April 2027 in the "B8station" program on Fuji TV.
The first PV leads through vast, colorful natural landscapes and introduces the central characters: Shozen, Dōzen, Ryo Jin, Ken Sei, and Chiro. The clip also showcases the cast in action – Rina Kawaguchi voices Shozen, a girl raised by yōkai (demons), Hiroshi Kamiya plays the Taoist Dōzen, Daisuke Sakuma the nobleman Ryo Jin, Aoi Yūki his disciple Ken Sei, and Ayumu Murase the fighter Chiro.
At the heart of the story is the kind-hearted Taoist Dōzen, who on his journey discovers a human girl raised by demons. He gives her the name Shozen and takes her on as his disciple. The girl lost her mother shortly after birth, fed on demon cores, and therefore bears a death mark; human feelings and affection are foreign to her. On their shared journey, Shozen gradually begins to understand what it means to be human. Along the way, the two cross paths with Ryo Jin, the vain noble childhood friend of Dōzen who hates being mistaken for a woman, as well as Ken Sei, the gentle and intelligent disciple of Ryo Jin, and Chiro, a young man who loves justice but has a pronounced tendency to get lost.
Director and screenwriter Itsuro Kawasaki is responsible for the production; Eri Nagata handles the character designs and overall animation direction, Yoshihiro Kanno is in charge of action scenes, and the music is composed by Takuro Iga. "Shozen" is animated by the studios Dangan Pictures and Canon Code. The series is thus considered a flagship project of the cooperation between Fuji TV and bilibili: a Chinese source material from bilibili's manga service is being adapted by a Japanese team. Voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya explicitly praised the project as a new venture during the presentation and expressed his delight at working together with Daisuke Sakuma. Author Jiang Jiamei was overwhelmed by how carefully her story is being handled and hopes that "Shozen" reaches many readers and viewers.
Even before the broadcast starts, the source material can be discovered: Since August 5, the original manga has been published on the platform Raicomi (Comic Ride), initially with the first 20 chapters at once. Starting August 14, a new chapter will follow each Friday. The anime itself then starts in April 2027 in the "B8station" program on Fuji TV.
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This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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