The NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan panel at Anime Expo 2026 announced a television anime adaptation of Kana Yoshimura's Murciélago manga on Saturday, revealing the main staff, a teaser visual (pictured) and a teaser promotional video. The anime will premiere in 2027.

Staff
Chief Director, Series Composition: Takashi Naoya (Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari director)
Director: Matsuo Asami (Übel Blatt assistant director)
Character Design: Kiyoshi Tateishi (Kinsou no Vermeil)
Music: Masanori Akita, Yuuichi Tsuchiya
Studio: Satelight, Staple Entertainment

Yoshimura began drawing the girl's love action manga in Young Gangan in August 2013. Square Enix published the 28th volume on January 23, with the 29th volume scheduled to be released on July 24.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in June 2016, and released the 26th volume on February 24. The 27th volume goes on sale September 22.

Synopsis
For those who've killed as much as Kuroko Koumori, there is no doubt that they've lost their sanity. In fact, by proving that she is still sane even after killing as many as 715 people, Kuroko avoids death row. Now given a second chance to remain in society as a State-Appointed Executioner, Kuroko and a girl named Hinako Tozakura are charged with hunting down other killers.

While Hinako is a rather happy-go-lucky girl that drives ferraris without a care for the rules of the road (or gravity, for that matter), Kuroko—who Hinako affectionately addresses as "Kuu-chan"—is more of a lascivious lesbian with razor sharp instincts and an impressive aptitude for murder.

The two seem like the most unlikely of duos. However, saddled with the gruesome job of ridding the country of vicious serial killers, it only makes sense for the executioners to be anything but normal! [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Teaser PV


Official site: https://www.murcielago-anime.com/
Official X: @murcielago_anm

Source: Comic Natalie

Murciélago on MAL