The staff for the television anime of Yuuto Suzuki‘s Sakamoto Days manga unveiled more cast members, short character promotional videos, and a special visual of the ORDER assassins on Wednesday.
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The newly announced cast members are:
Natsuki Hanae as Nagumo, a member of the special task force ORDER.
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Taku Yashiro as Shishiba, a calm and collected member of ORDER, who uses a nail hammer. His partner is Osaragi.
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Saori Hayami as Osaragi, a newcomer to ORDER who wields an electric saw.
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
The anime will premiere in January 2025 on Netflix and Japanese television.
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Tomokazu Sugita stars as Taro Sakamoto. Other cast members include:
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shin Asakura, a psychic who can read people’s mind and Sakamoto’s subordinate when he was an assassin
- Ayane Sakura as Lu Shaotang, a former mafia member and master of Tai Chi
- Nao Tōyama as Aoi Sakamoto, Taro Sakamto’s wife
- Ryōta Suzuki as Heisuke Mashimo, a talented irregular sniper who shoots through opponents with ricocheting bullets
Masaki Watanabe (KADO – The Right Answer, Bartender, several Battle Spirits anime) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Taku Kishimoto (BLUELOCK, Haikyu!!, Moriarty the Patriot) is overseeing the series scripts, and Yō Moriyama (Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone) is the character designer.
Suzuki launched the manga in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in November 2020. Shueisha published the 17th compiled book volume on June 4, and will release the 18th volume on August 2. Suzuki published a one-shot titled “Sakamoto” in Jump Giga in December 2019.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus are publishing the manga in English digitally. MANGA Plus describes the manga:
Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villaines and admired by hitmen. But one day…he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then… Sakamoto gained weight! the chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!
Viz Media is also publishing the manga in print.
The manga inspired a novel in April 2022.
Source: Press release
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