The long-awaited anime adaptation by Yuto Suzuki Sakamoto Days was officially confirmed for release in January 2025. The announcement was accompanied by a teaser trailer and look at legendary assassin Taro Sakamoto.

Adding to the excitement, it was also revealed that Tomokazu Sugita, known for playing Gintoki Sakata, will voice the titular character Taro Sakamoto.

TMS Entertainment, the studio behind Detective Conan, Fruit basket (2019), and Dr. Stoneis set to handle animation production for the Sakamoto Days anime.

Masaki Watanabe will serve as director, with Taku Kishimoto in charge of series composition and Yo Moriyama handling character designs.

Sakamoto Days is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuto Suzuki. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump since November 2020, with its chapters collected in 16 tankobon volumes as of April 2024.

It is published simultaneously in English by Viz Media and the online platform Manga Plus.

MAL describes the manga's plot as:

Tarou Sakamoto was considered the greatest assassin of all time. Feared by many, he was at the top of the underworld until he met and fell in love with a woman. As a result, Sakamoto abandoned his life of crime and now works as a convenience store clerk.

Leaving his dark past behind him proves more difficult than Sakamoto initially imagined. Many of his former rivals and business associates do not believe he has truly abandoned the business and show up in hopes of eliminating him. Barred from killing, Sakamoto must find creative ways to subdue his enemies and prevent them from causing harm to his family, his shop, and the small town where he lives.

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