The much-anticipated anime adaptation of Yuto Suzuki’s comedy action manga Sakamoto Days was officially announced today, bringing the convenience store antics onto screens in January 2025.
The first teaser trailer and visual were revealed alongside the announcement as well as the lead staff and Sakamoto’s voice actor.
Taro Sakamoto voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki Sakata in Gintama)
Managing the direction of the Sakamoto Days TV anime is Masaki Watanabe (original Bartender anime) at TMS Entertainment with Taku Kishimoto (BLUE LOCK: Episode Nagi) writing the series composition and Yo Moriyama (Bubble concept art) drawing the character designs. The series is set to premiere in January 2025.
The original Sakamoto Days manga series, created by Yuto Suzuki, has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since November 21, 2020, with 16 collected volumes in Japan and 11 translated and released into English.
The series is released weekly on the Shonen Jump app and through Viz Media, which describes the first volume as such:
Time has passed peacefully for Sakamoto since he left the underworld. He’s running a neighborhood store with his lovely wife and child and has gotten a bit…out of shape. But one day a figure from his past pays him a visit with an offer he can’t refuse: return to the assassin world or die!
Source: Sakamoto Days on Twitter
