Black Torch is wrapping up its first season, and Episode 12 marks the finale. Jiro Azuma’s story with Rago has built toward this moment since the show’s July debut, and the last chapter of Season 1 arrives this week.
Here is exactly when the episode drops and where to watch it.
Black Torch Episode 12 Release Date and Time
Episode 12 of Black Torch premieres Saturday, September 19, 2026. The anime has held a consistent weekly slot since it began, and the finale follows that same pattern.
| Timezone | Local Time |
| Pacific Time (PT) | 6:00 a.m. |
| Eastern Time (ET) | 9:00 a.m. |
| British Summer Time (BST) | 2:00 p.m. |
| Japan Standard Time (JST) | 10:00 p.m. |
New episodes go up on Crunchyroll. In Japan, the show also airs on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and several other broadcast partners.
How to Watch Black Torch Episode 12
Crunchyroll is the streaming home for Black Torch across North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS region, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. The platform carries the episode in both subtitled and English dub formats, with the dub produced by Studiopolis and releasing alongside the Japanese broadcast rather than on a delay.
A paid Crunchyroll subscription is required to watch the episode. The platform retired its free, ad-supported tier at the end of 2025, so there’s no longer a delayed free-access window.
What to Expect From the Season 1 Finale
Black Torch follows Jiro Azuma, a shinobi-trained teenager who can speak to animals. His discovery of Rago, a cat secretly harboring the power of the Black Star of Doom, pulled him into the Bureau of Espionage’s fight against mononoke seeking to exploit that power. Season 1 adapts Tsuyoshi Takaki’s five-volume manga, which ran in Jump Square and Shonen Jump+ from 2016 to 2018.
With the source material relatively compact, Episode 12 has real potential to close out the manga’s central arc rather than leave things open-ended. Neither Crunchyroll nor 100studio has announced a Season 2 renewal as of this writing.
As the finale approaches, expect the confrontation with the ultimate mononoke threats to reach a boiling point, potentially setting up a decisive clash for Rago’s fate and the survival of the human and animal worlds alike.
Viz Media publishes the Black Torch manga in English for readers who want to see how the source material handles this final stretch.
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