The Phantom Busters anime has a teaser visual, four voice actors and a full main staff. All of it came out on Wednesday, a month after TOHO animation opened the official site for the adaptation of Neoshoco's manga.
The series is still scheduled for 2027.
The cast
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Mogari Shishikuno
- Natsuki Hanae as Eugene Korekishi
- Koki Uchiyama as Kaoru Kanzaki
- Ryota Suzuki as Kotaro Tamon
That is the full club, four for four, announced in one go. Okamoto, Hanae and Uchiyama are all established names in shonen and jump-adjacent roles, and Suzuki has been working steadily in supporting parts for the last few years.
The staff
Chika Nagaoka directs. Takahiro Kishida and Rina Iwamoto handle character design, and TOHO animation STUDIO is animating.
Nagaoka's recent credits include Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram and Tamon's B-Side. That combination is more useful than it looks. One is a puzzle-driven mystery film with a huge cast to keep consistent, the other is a comedy about a boy who is painfully bad at talking to people, which is close to what Phantom Busters asks for.
What the series is about
"In search of a fourth member for the club, Mogari, Eugene, and new recruit Kaoru Kanzaki set their sights on Koutarou Tamon, a classmate who seems to be able to talk to ghosts. Unfortunately, Kotaro's got some major problems communicating with living humans!"
That synopsis comes from VIZ Media, which licenses the manga in English. A club comedy with a ghost hook, built around four characters from the first chapter, which is exactly why the cast announcement is the one that mattered.
Manga and release details
- Original run: one-shot published in Jump SQ.Rise in October 2022
- Serialization: began in Jump SQ in August 2023
- Circulation: 1.4 million copies, including digital editions
- English release: VIZ Media licensed the series in April 2025 and began publishing in October 2025
- Simulpub: available in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus
Official channels are at phanbus-anime.jp and on X at @phanbus_anime.
Why the names matter
A four-man club comedy lives or dies on how the leads sound together, and this lineup is stacked with actors who can carry a punchline. Okamoto, Hanae and Uchiyama have all voiced leads in Jump titles before. Whether they sound like a club that has known each other for years is a different question, and one a trailer will answer faster than a press release.
The staff side is the quieter news. Nagaoka's last two credits sit at opposite ends of the tone spectrum, and a supernatural comedy needs both halves.
What comes next
A premiere window inside 2027, a first trailer with actual footage, and the rest of the supporting cast. The manga has been running since August 2023, so there is enough material for a one-cour season, and the pace of these announcements suggests TOHO wants the show in front of an audience next year.
For more newly announced 2027 anime, our report on Shin Oishinbo covers another adaptation preparing for that year.
Source: Anime Corner, citing the Phantom Busters official X account
Featured image: Phantom Busters anime teaser visual, via Anime Corner.
