The production team for the television anime based on Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga revealed additional cast members, a short character promo video and special images of the ORDER assassin on Wednesday.
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The newly announced cast members are:
Natsuki Hanae as Nagumo, a member of the ORDER task force.
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© 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.
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© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Saori Hayami as Osaragi, a newcomer to ORDER who uses an electric saw.
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© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
The anime will premiere in January 2025 on Netflix and Japanese television.
Image provided by Wright Film
© Yuto Suzuki/SHUEISHA, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Tomokazu Sugita plays Taro Sakamoto. Other cast members include: Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shin Asakura, a psychic who can read people's minds and was Sakamoto's subordinate when he was an assassin Ayane Sakura as Lu Shaotang, a former mafia member and Tai Chi master Nao Tōyama as Aoi Sakamoto, Taro Sakamto's wife Ryōta Suzuki as Heisuke Mashimo, an unusually talented sniper who shoots through opponents with bouncing 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 supervising the film's script and Yō Moriyama (Lupine the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray, Lupine 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 compiled book volume on August 2. Suzuki published a one-shot titled “Sakamoto” on 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 fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then… Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighboring store is actually a former legendary assassin! 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