Going back
to high school is the last resort for a hitman trapped in the body of a
teenager. The production committee has officially announced that the anime
adaptation of the Kill Blue manga will begin airing on
Japanese television during the month of April on TV
Tokyo and its affiliated stations.
The update
was accompanied by the release of the second promotional trailer and a second
promotional image of the project. This video preview allows us to hear for the
first time the musical themes that will accompany the series: the opening song
entitled "ATTITUDE", performed by the popular South Korean
group aespa, and the ending theme song "KILL SHOT", by
the South Korean boy band RIIZE, marking the debut of
the latter group in the Japanese animation industry.
Kill
Blue Details
The
animation production takes place at Studio CUE's facilities,
marking the company's debut as the lead studio for a television series
following its founding in 2023 by developer DMM and former
Production I.G. creatives. The general direction of the project falls to Hiro
Kaburagi, while the character designs are adapted to animation by Miho
Daidoji.
About
the work
The plot
follows Juzo Ogami, a legendary hitman who has never failed a
mission. After an unexplained incident during a job, he wakes up trapped in the
body of a teenager with no memory of how it happened. To discover the truth
behind his transformation, he is forced to enroll in high school, the last
place he ever thought he would set foot again. Now, the world's deadliest
hitman must camouflage himself among ordinary students as he tries to fulfill his
mysterious personal mission.
The
original work, written and illustrated by mangaka Tadatoshi Fujimaki (creator
of Kuroko's Basketball), began serialization in the pages of Shueisha's Weekly
Shonen Jump magazine in April 2023. The manga concluded its publication
on September 1 of last year, compiling the story into a total of 13 printed
volumes. The release of its final tome in December coincided with the
publication of a spin-off light novel titled Kill Blue Secret Report.
