Akame ga Kill!
| Akame ga Kill! | |
Cover of the first manga volume featuring Akame.
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アカメが斬る! (Akame ga Kiru!) |
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| Genre |
Action Dark fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takahiro |
| Illustrated by | Tetsuya Tashiro |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Gangan Joker |
| Original run | March 20, 2010 – December 22, 2016 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Manga | |
| Akame ga Kill! Zero | |
| Written by | Takahiro |
| Illustrated by | Kei Toru |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Big Gangan |
| Original run | October 25, 2013 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tomoki Kobayashi |
| Produced by | Square Enix |
| Written by | Makoto Uezu |
| Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
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White Fox C-Station (ONA) |
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| Original network | Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 7, 2014 – December 15, 2014 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Akame ga Kill! (Japanese: アカメが斬る! Hepburn: Akame ga Kiru!?, literally meaning "Akame Slashes!") is a Japanese shōnen manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It started serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Joker in March 2010. The story focuses on Tatsumi who is a young villager that travels to the Capital to raise money for his home only to discover a strong corruption in the area. The assassin group known as Night Raid recruits the young man to help them in their fight against the Empire to end its corruption. The series is known for its graphic content.
The series was licensed by Yen Press in June 2014. A prequel manga focused on Akame's backstory, Akame ga Kill! Zero, began serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan in October 2013. An anime television series adaptation of the main series premiered in Japan in July 2014. This is the second work in the Japanese game developer MinatoSoft's Takahiro IV Project.
Tatsumi is a fighter who, accompanied by his two childhood friends, sets off to the Capital in search of a way to make money to assist his poverty-stricken village. After being separated from his friends in a bandit attack, Tatsumi unsuccessfully attempts to enlist in the army and is swindled out of his money in the Capital. He is taken in by a noble family, but when an assassin group called Night Raid attacks, he learns that his noble hosts actually intended to torture and kill him as they had done with his friends.
As a result, he joins Night Raid, which consists of the swordswoman Akame, the beastly fighter Leone, the sniper girl Mine, the scissor-wielding Sheele, the string manipulator Lubbock, the armored warrior Bulat, and their leader Najenda, a former general of the imperial army. Night Raid is also part of the revolutionary forces assembled to overthrow the prime minister Honest who manipulates the young emperor for his personal gain despite the rest of the nation falling to poverty and strife.
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