Sakamoto Days Anime Rumored To Be Adapted By Studio TMS; Netflix Acquires Rights
While the news of Sakamoto Days having an anime adaptation coming this year seems enlivening, fans are, however, disappointed over Netflix acquiring the distribution rights.
Twitter’s trusted anime leaker @oecuf0 had posted on May 17, 2024, that the much anticipated Sakamoto Days anime adaptation is REAL and Netflix has acquired the rights to distribute the anime worldwide when it releases sometime in 2024!
(Netflix’s upcoming release schedule for 2024 leaked)
What’s more, it’s been further rumored that Studio TMS Entertainment will be animating Sakamoto Days, bringing it to life to animated TV.
(Sakamoto Days Volume 1)
While the news of Sakamoto Days having an anime adaptation coming this year seems enlivening, fans are, however, disappointed over Netflix acquiring the distribution rights. According to them, the streaming platform has done a huge disservice to long running shows like Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and streaming Sakamoto Days might turn out to be another disaster with no marketing plan, subtitles by a brainless human, poor video quality, they fear.
Some fans have also shown concern about TMS animating Sakamoto Days, but the studio is well reputed for bringing series like Dr. Stone, Baki, Lupin the 3rd, Detective Conan and Undead Unluck to TV screens. So I personally think fans don’t have to worry about the animation quality.
About Sakamoto Days:
Sakamoto Days is a manga series written and illustrated by Yuto Suzuki. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since November 2020, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024. It is simultaneously published in English by Viz Media and the Manga Plus online platform.
By November 2023, the manga had over 4 million copies in circulation.
MangaPlus describes the overall plot of Sakamoto Days as follows:
Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day…he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then… Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!
Source: Twitter
