A TV anime adaptation of Tadatoshi Fujimaki‘s Kill Blue manga will premiere in 2026. The announcement comes with a teaser trailer and teaser visual.
DMM.com’s CUE is the animation production studio for the anime. The staff includes:
• Director: Hiro Kaburagi (Great Pretender, Kimi ni Todoke Season 1 and 2)
• Character designer: Miho Daidoji
Here’s the synopsis for the Kill Blue anime:
A legendary assassin at 39. Starting over… as a middle schooler.
Jūzō Ōgami is a legendary hitman who has never failed an assignment, no matter how impossible. One day, after wiping out a powerful organization, he is stung by a mysterious wasp and collapses. When he wakes up, the fearsome 39-year-old assassin has been transformed into a 13-year-old boy! Before he can even process what happened, his boss delivers a new order: “In that body, infiltrate a middle school.” What awaits him is an unexpected school life filled with colorful classmates, youthful chaos, and looming danger. Can Jūzō ever return to his original form? Or will the assassins closing in on him end his second life before it even begins!?
The manga, which came to an end the date of the anime’s announcement, was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump and will release its 11th volume on September 4, 2025 JST. It ranked seventh in Zenkoku Shotenin Eranda Osusume Comic 2024.
Update: Added that the manga has ended.
Source: Press release
