The latest pair visual has been unveiled for the ongoing A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof TV anime series, featuring the young couple Kuro and Yuriko. The anime first aired in Japan on April 10, 2025 and will run for 12 episodes.
Yukihiro Miyamoto (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is directing the anime, with the collective Fuyashi Tou (Monogatari Off and Monster Season co-series screenwriter) as series screenwriter, Kazuya Shiotsuki (Luminous Witches animation character designer and co-chief animation director) as character designer and chief animation director, and Ryunosuke Kasai (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life) as music composer. Shaft is handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Haruna Mikawa as Satoko Kusagakure
- • Kana Hanazawa as Konoha Koga
- • Yu Serizawa as Marin Izutsumi
- • Eri Kitamura as Kuro
- • Rumi Okubo as Yuriko
The anime series (also known in Japan as Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi or NinKoro) is based on the manga by HundredBurger and began serialization in ASCII Media Work’s Comic Dengeki Daioh G on February 26, 2021. Five tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for release in English in December 2025.
Crunchyroll is streaming A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof worldwide, outside of Japan, and describes the main synopsis as:
On the way home from school one day, Konoha Koga rescues Satoko Kusagakure, a ninja who escaped her village. Soon, pursuers from the village show up in search of Satoko only to be deftly dealt with by Konoha. As it turns out, the unassuming high schooler is actually an assassin. Thus, the potentially cutthroat cohabitation of a ninja and an assassin begins!
Source: A Ninja and an Assassin Official Twitter (via AIR News)
