Netflix has released a new trailer for the upcoming Sakamoto Days TV anime series, which confirms the casting of several new English dub voice cast members. The anime’s 11-episode first cour is set to premiere on January 11, 2025, while the second cour will premiere in July 2025.
Cast:
• Tomokazu Sugita as Taro Sakamoto
• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shin Asakura
• Ayane Sakura as Lu Shaotang
• Nao Toyama as Aoi Sakamoto
• Ryota Suzuki as Heisuke Mashimo
• Hina Kino as Hana Sakamoto
• Miyari Nemoto as Pisuke
Masaki Watanabe (Bakumatsu, Battle Spirits: Mirage) is directing the anime series, with Taku Kishimoto (Blue Lock) as series screenwriter, Yo Moriyama (Megalo Box director and co-sub character designer et al.) as character designer, and Yuki Hayashi (Haikyu!! My Hero Academia) as music composer. TMS Entertainment is handling the animation production.
The anime is based on the manga by Yuto Suzuki, which began in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on November 21, 2020 and has released 20 tankobon volumes as of January 2025.
Synopsis:
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!
