The highly anticipated TV anime adaptation of HYBE and ENHYPEN’s webtoon, “Dark Moon: The Blood Altar,” is officially set to premiere in January 2026. The announcement, made during Aniplex Online Fest 2025, also unveiled the main Japanese voice cast, key staff members, and a new teaser trailer and visual for the series. Crunchyroll has confirmed it will stream the anime in numerous regions, including North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
Key Cast Members Bring Characters to Life
The newly revealed Japanese voice cast features a lineup of prominent voice actors stepping into the roles of the series’ central characters. Yūto Uemura, known for his role as Atsushi Nakajima in Bungo Stray Dogs, will voice Jakah.
The full main cast includes:
- Kikunosuke Toya as Heli
- Shugo Nakamura as Jino
- Shunichi Toki as Shion
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Noa
- Hiroto Shimizu as Jaan
- Jin Ogasawara as Solon
- Yūto Uemura as Jukah
- Fūka Izumi as Sooha
Creative Team Behind the Adaptation
Helming the anime production is director Shōko Shiga at TROYCA, the animation studio known for works like IDOLiSH7 and Aldnoah.Zero.
The core staff members responsible for bringing the supernatural teen romance to the screen include:
- Director: Shōko Shiga
- Series Scripts: Tōko Machida
- Character Designs: Masami Inomata
- Music Composition: Naoki “naotyu-” Chiba
- Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
- Animation Production: TROYCA
“Dark Moon: The Blood Altar” Story and Origin
The “Dark Moon: The Blood Altar” anime is based on the popular webtoon created by HYBE in collaboration with Naver Webtoon, with its characters and storyline inspired by the K-pop group ENHYPEN. The webtoon, which ran for 70 chapters from January 2022 to August 2023, has garnered over 190 million views globally. Yen Press publishes an English edition of the manhwa, with seven volumes released as of September 2025.
The story is described as a blend of urban fantasy and teen romance, delving into the complex relationships between a group of vampires, a pack of werewolves, and a mysterious transfer student named Sooha. Set in the prestigious Decelis Academy in the beautiful seaside city of Riverfield, the narrative explores the boys’ hidden pasts and how their world begins to change following Sooha’s arrival. Sooha, harboring a strong hatred for vampires due to a childhood tragedy, finds herself inexplicably drawn to the seven boys, who are secretly vampires attempting to lead ordinary school lives despite their dark pasts. As unsettling incidents begin to shake the town, the forgotten histories of the boys slowly unravel, leading to dramatic shifts in their world.
