The staff for the television anime of Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga unveiled new cast members on Wednesday. The anime's staff also confirmed that the anime will air on TV Tokyo channel and its affiliates, and that it will stream on Netflix.
The newly announced cast members are:
Tomokazu Sugita will star in the series as Taro Sakamoto.
Masaki Watanabe (KADO - The Right Answer, Bartender, several Battle Spirits anime) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Taku Kishimoto (BLUELOCK, Haikyu!!, Moriarty the Patriot) is overseeing the series scripts, and Yō Moriyama (Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone) is the character designer.
Suzuki launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in November 2020. Shueisha published the 17th compiled book volume on June 4, and will release the 18th volume on August 2. Suzuki published a one-shot titled "Sakamoto" in Jump Giga in December 2019.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus are publishing the manga in English digitally. MANGA Plus describes the manga:
Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villaines 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!
Viz Media is also publishing the manga in print and released the 12th volume on June 4.
The manga inspired a novel in April 2022.
Source: Press release