Last week, TMS Entertainment released the first SAKAMOTO DAYS official Anime Trailer. A highly awaited anime coming in 2025.
SAKAMOTO DAYS is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuto Suzuki. It has been releasing on Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump since November, 2020.
This is his first serialized work, he has done one-shot manga’s before this serialization. SAKAMOTO DAYS was originally a one-shot.
The manga has received good reception from fans. SAKOMOTO DAYS was nominated for Best Print Manga in 2021 and the Shogakukan’s Best Shonen in 2022.
Synopsis
Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day…he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then… Sakamoto gained weight!
The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!
Synopsis from the Official Shueshia Website.
SAKAMOTO DAYS Anime
Last May, TMS Entertainment announced that they would be creating an anime adaptation. The anime will start airing in January 2025.
This year of 2024 has had a lot of good shonen anime series like Jujutsu Kaisen and DAN DA DAN. If you enjoy series like those mentioned, you can add SAKAMOTO DAYS to your calendar. The show airs on January 2025 on Crunchyroll and Netflix.
Last week, TMS Entertainment released the first official Anime Trailer. We get to see Tomokazu Sugita as Sakamoto, and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Asakura.
SAKAMOTO DAYS The Official Trailer
My Thoughts
I haven’t read any chapters of this manga yet. I only know of it because of its popularity in the manga community.
As mentioned there have been a lot of shonen anime adaptation recently. DAN DA DAN being a successful one this Fall 2024 season. I’m personally a fan of shonen anime, my favorite being Hunter x Hunter.
I’ll read chapter one of the manga, and I’ll give some initial thoughts on it.
Chapter 1 Initial Thoughts
After reading Chapter 1 of the manga here are some thoughts:
- I like the art style of Yuto Suzuki. It kind of reminds me of Kindergarten Wars, if anyone has read that. It kind of has the same vibes as it as well, a silly action manga.
- The story is interesting as well. This kind of story of a retired hitman isn’t original. Manga like Way of the Househusband comes to mind. The anime adaptation wasn’t that good, it was a glorified visual novel at best.
- I think if TMS Entertainment can translate the manga panels into animation it will do well. Looking at the SAKAMOTO DAYS official Trailer, it looks great and will translate well.
- After reading Chapter one for the first time, I will probably try and catch up with the rest of the chapters. The manga has around 190 chapters as of November 18, 2024. There will most likely be a season two and maybe even season three of the anime.
