Kill Blue officially gets an adaptation anime for a 2026 airing. This information was announced in this year's 40th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Kill Blue Story and Trailer
Juzo Ogami is a legendary figure among hitmen. His name scares people, and no job he ever fails to complete-until one day he wakes up as a teenager. To find out the cause of his body changes, he must infiltrate a place he never imagined he'd enter again: school.
The anime's TV adaptation was announced alongside the first visual teaser and teaser trailer, and is scheduled to air in 2026.
Author's Comments
Tadatoshi Fujimaki stated "Thank you to all the readers who have supported me so far. The series is coming to an end... but I'm so lucky that it's being made into an anime! The parents will move! You'll hear slurping ramen! Home Ec Club will talk! ...Saying it out loud like that, I'm not sure if it sounds amazing or not.
The anime airs next year. Until then, new volumes of the manga will continue to arrive, and I may try to do something as well. Whether it's extraordinary or not, please continue to enjoy Kill Blue at your own pace and look forward to the anime with a light heart."
Production Staff
The following staff and production information has been announced.
- Director: Hiro Kaburagi (Great Pretender, Hozuki's Coolheadedness, My Little Monster; also known from Kimi ni Todoke)
- Animation Production: CUE (the first TV series with CUE as the main animation production studio)
- Character Design: Miho Daidoji (Animation Director for Kuroko's Basketball TV anime 3 seasons and Last Game movie)
CUE was founded by DMM in 2023, with Rui Kuroki as President & CEO (former executive officer and production manager at Production I.G).
About Kill Blue
Kill Blue is a manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since April 2023. This year's 40th issue of the same magazine published the final chapter of the manga. Viz Media will release the print version of volume 3 on October 14, while MANGA Plus is releasing the manga digitally.
The release schedule for the concluding tankobon has been set as follows: volume 11 on September 4, volume 12 on November 4, and volume 13 on December 4.
Tadatoshi Fujimaki previously launched Robot × Laserbeam in March 2017 that ended in June 2018 (seven volumes), which was digitally published in English by Viz Media.
He also serialized Kuroko's Basketball from 2008-2014, which went on to inspire three TV anime series, two compilation anime films, one new anime film, manga sequels, light novels, manga spinoffs, and a series of stage plays; Viz Media published the manga in English.
Fujimaki published a one-shot in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2020, and an "academy comedy action" one-shot titled "Kiruaoharu" in December 2021.
Source: KILL BLUE Official X
