The staff of the television anime based on Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga announced new cast members on Wednesday. The anime's staff also confirmed that the anime will air on TV Tokyo and its affiliate channels, and will also be available on Netflix.
The newly announced cast members are:
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shin Asakura, a psychic who can read people's minds and was Sakamoto's subordinate when he was an assassin. Image courtesy of Wright Film
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Ayane Sakura as Lu Shaotang, a former mafia member and master of Tai Chi 
Image courtesy of Wright Film
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Nao Toyama as Aoi Sakamoto, Sakamoto's wife
Hina Kino as Hana Sakamoto, Aoi and Sakamoto's only daughter 
Image courtesy of Wright Film
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Ryōta Suzuki as Heisuke Mashimo, an unusually talented sniper who shoots through opponents with bouncing bullets
Miyari Nemoto as Piisuke, Heisuke's bird partner Image courtesy of Wright Film
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Image courtesy of Wright Film
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
The anime will premiere in January 2025.
Tomokazu Sugita will play Taro Sakamoto in the film.
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 supervising the series' scripts, and Yō Moriyama (Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone) is designing the characters.
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 is the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by assassins. But one day…he falls in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood, and then…Sakamoto gains weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary assassin! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy!
Viz Media is also publishing the manga in print, and released the 12th volume on June 4.
The manga series is inspired by a novel in April 2022.
Source: Press release
