A Sakamoto Days anime adaptation is coming and a teaser trailer let fans know about its release date and where they can watch it.
Sakamoto Days is a hit manga written and illustrated by Yuto Suzuki. The manga first hit shelves in 2020 and hit 5 million copies in circulation by May 2024. Alongside the announcement of this milestone, an anime adaptation of Sakamoto Days was announced. With many fan-favorite manga getting subpar adaptations, some feared the worst. The good news is that a teaser trailer immediately showed what’s in store.
A teaser was released on July 31, 2024, confirming all the vital information for the series. Here’s everything about the upcoming Sakamoto Days anime, including its release date and the studio working on it.
Sakamoto Days anime release date info
Sakamoto Days will be available on TV Tokyo in January 2025 and will start streaming on Netflix on the same date. The exact release date has not been announced yet.
The well-known anime studio TMS Entertainment is producing the Sakamoto Days anime adaptation. TMS Entertainment is responsible for many anime like the popular romance anime Fruits Basket, Dr Stone, and the upcoming Baki-Dou anime which was announced on March 31, 2024.
The series is directed by Masaki Watanabe, with characters designed by Yo Moriyama, and the script written by Taku Kishimoto. The series is seemingly set to be a faithful adaptation of the manga.
Where can I watch the Sakamoto Days Anime?
Sakamoto Days will premiere on Netflix in January 2025. Unlike other Netflix series where entire seasons are dropped at once, Sakamoto Days will see one episode released each week.
Sakamoto Days follows the life of a legendary retired hitman who wants to protect his family from a bounty placed on him. It follows Taro Sakamoto a brilliant hitman who both villains and rivals fear. However, as luck would have it, he retires after meeting and falling in love with Aio.
Once they are married, Sakamoto lets himself go and transforms into a plus-size husband and father who runs a mom-and-pop store in a quiet town. His old life still comes back to haunt him, though. To protect his family and the life he has built the legendary ex-hitman recruits colleagues and they fight off assassins.
When Sakamoto is in a dangerous situation, he sheds his weight and gains twice his old strength. This superhuman ability helps him fight the looming threat that wants to destroy his peaceful life.
