Summary
- Final trailer for Sakamoto Days anime reveals English dub cast before January 11 Netflix premiere.
- Two-cour anime series with second part airing in July confirmed.
- A retired hitman faces old enemies in action-comedy anime based on Yuto Suzuki’s popular manga.
The “final” trailer for the highly anticipated anime adaptation of Yuto Suzuki’s Sakamoto Days manga has revealed the series’ English dub cast ahead of its premiere. The anime broadcasts worldwide on Netflix on January 11, with new episodes coming out on Saturdays.
The anime has been slated for two cours, with the second one scheduled to air in July. The anime adaptation of Sakamoto Days was announced in May 2024 after rumors brewed regarding Netflix’s acquisition of the upcoming anime title, the source material of which has had very positive reception.
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About the Sakamoto Days Anime
Background, Staff and Cast Information
Sakamoto Days is an adaptation of Yuto Suzuki’s manga of the same name published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since November 2020, and collected into 20 volumes as of January 2025. The series is immensely popular, with 7 million copies currently in cirulation. The story follows Taro Sakamoto, a retired legendary hitman who has settled down and become a family man. However, his peaceful life is interrupted when his enemies and former colleagues start looking for him, some seeking revenge. To protect his family, Sakamoto must use his incredible combat abilities to stave off enemies while maintaining the facade of normalcy in his new life as the married owner of a convenience store.
The anime is produced by staff at TMS Entertainment (Fruits Basket 2019), with Masaki Watanabe (unit director, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero) serving as director, with series composition by Taku Kishimoto (series composition, Haikyuu!!), character design by Yō Moriyama (eyecatch design, Attack on Titan), sound design by Jin Aketagawa and music by My Hero Academia composer Yuki Hayashi. The Japanese cast of Sakamoto Days includes Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki, Gintama) as Tarō Sakamoto, Hina Kino (Hanako Honda, Asobi Asobase) as Hana Sakamoto, Nao Tōyama (Giselle Gewelle, BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War) as Aoi Sakamoto, Nobunaga Shimazaki (Baki, Baki) as Shin Asakura and Ayane Sakura (Ochaco Uraraka, My Hero Academia) as Lu Shaotang. The English dub cast is as follows:
- Matthew Mercer as Taro Sakamoto
- Dallas Liu as Shin Asakura
- Rosie Okumura as Aoi Sakamoto
- Rosalie Chiang as Lu Shaotang
- Lexi Cabrera as Obiguro
- Xolo Maridueña as Heisuke
- SungWon Cho as Boiled
- Du-Shaunt “Fik-Shun” Stegall as Son Hee
- Toru Uchikado as Bachi
- Solo Leveling’s Sung Jinwoo, Aleks Le as Nagumo
Sakamoto Days premieres on Saturday, January 11, and will be available on Netflix.
Source: Crunchyroll
- Release Date
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January 11, 2025
- Studio
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TMS Entertainment
- Creator
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Yuto Suzuki