BLESS Anime Releases First Full Trailer Featuring HIKKA Ending Theme

Aniplex released the first full promotional video for the BLESS television anime on November 7, pairing new footage with a preview of HIKKA's ending theme, "New Page." The series will premiere January 8, 2027, on Fuji TV's nationwide Noitamina block in Japan and air every Friday.

What the first full trailer introduces

The promotional video is the anime's first extended look at footage from the series. It also provides the first preview of HIKKA's "New Page," placing part of the ending song directly over scenes from the adaptation. That makes the video both a story showcase and the public debut of a major piece of the anime's music.

A new key visual arrived with the trailer. It places Aia Udagawa in an armchair and Jun Sumisaki on a sofa inside two separate, room-like spaces filled with floating makeup items. The setup connects the new campaign art to the series' central interest in makeup, presentation, and the ambitions of its two leads.

BLESS follows Aia, a 15-year-old who has quietly abandoned his goal of becoming a makeup artist. He is paired with Jun, a classmate who wants to become a model but feels self-conscious about her height and freckles, for the Aoi Festival Artist Contest. Their meeting puts both characters in a position to confront goals they have struggled to pursue.

The trailer release does not introduce a separate opening song. Its musical focus is HIKKA's ending theme, and the official announcement specifically confirms that a portion of "New Page" is used in the video. The full song's release details were not included with this update.

The timing also links the music reveal to the premiere announcement in a single update. Viewers now have an exact broadcast date and a sample of the song that will close episodes, while the video provides the first substantial collection of animated scenes.

Broadcast, cast, and production details

The January 8 premiere gives BLESS a fixed weekly television slot. New episodes are scheduled for Fridays on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block, moving the adaptation beyond its earlier January 2027 window and onto a specific date.

Tomohiro Ono voices Aia Udagawa, while Chiyuki Miura plays Jun Sumisaki. The announced supporting cast includes Tarusuke Shingaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Koki Uchiyama, Yoshiki Nakajima, Yoshino Aoyama, Momoka Terasawa, and Kentaro Kumagai. The trailer and visual therefore arrive after the production established the main group of characters surrounding Aia and Jun.

A-1 Pictures is producing the animation. Shotaro Kitamura directs, with Takayuki Kikuchi serving as assistant director. Fukurou Kamiza is responsible for the series composition and scripts, Honoka Yokoyama handles the character designs, and Ryo Yoshimata composes the score. Those credits frame the creative team behind the footage now shown in the first full promotional video.

The anime adapts Yukino Sonoyama's BLESS manga, which is serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius. Its focus on Aia and Jun gives the makeup imagery in the new visual a direct narrative connection rather than treating it only as decoration. The trailer is the latest step in translating that setting and character dynamic into animation.

With the first full video, ending-theme preview, key visual, and exact Japanese broadcast date now confirmed, the next fixed milestone is the television premiere on January 8, 2027.