To celebrate the anime’s official Twitter account surpassing 50,000 followers last week, a new visual for the upcoming TV anime “Sakamoto desu ga Nani ga?” titled “OTHER” has been released. The anime is set to premiere in Japan in January 2025 and be distributed worldwide weekly on Netflix.
© Suzuki Hiroto/Shueisha, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
In addition, the anime’s Twitter account is also running a giveaway where 30 people will be chosen by lottery to win a T-shirt featuring the new visual. To enter, simply follow the account and repost the relevant post. The application period is until 12:00 AM on August 31, 2024 (Japan time).
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Gift Campaign
The second installment has begun!!
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A total of 3⃣0⃣ people will be selected by lottery
T-shirts using OTHER visuals
Presents🎁✨
⊗2nd edition🔫 OTHER visual T-shirt (30 winners)
▼How to participate… pic.twitter.com/QG9lc7tBjK
— TV anime “SAKAMOTO DAYS” @2025.01 ONAIR (@SAKAMOTODAYS_PR) August 17, 2024
The director is Masaki Watanabe (Bakumatsu, Battle Spirits Mirage), the series script is by Taku Kishimoto (Blue Lock), character design is by Hiroshi Moriyama (director of Megalo Box and co-sub-character designer, etc.), and animation is handled by TMS Entertainment.
Meanwhile, the main voice actors for the anime are as follows:
• Taro Sakamoto: Tomokazu Sugita • Shin Asakura: Nobunaga Shimazaki • Lu Xiaotan: Ayane Sakura • Heisuke Mashimo: Ryota Suzuki • Aoi Sakamoto: Nao Toyama • Hana Sakamoto: Hina Kino • Pisuke: Miyari Nemoto
The anime is based on a manga by Suzuki Yuto, which began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on November 21, 2020. As of August 2024, 18 volumes of the manga have been released.
© Suzuki Hiroto/Shueisha, SAKAMOTO DAYS PROJECT
Viz Media has released the English version of the Sakamoto Days manga for North America, explaining the main plot as follows:
Sakamoto has been living a peaceful life since leaving the underworld. He runs a neighborhood store with his loving wife and child, but he’s been feeling a bit… unwell. But one day, an acquaintance from his past comes to visit him and makes him an offer he can’t refuse: return to the world of assassins or die trying!
sauce: Sakamoto Days Official Anime Twitter
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