‘Kill Blue’ Anime to Debut on Seven North American Streaming Platforms

Today, DMM confirmed that Kill Blue, the new anime based on Tadatoshi Fujimaki’s Shonen Jump manga, will premiere across seven streaming platforms in North America, making it one of the most accessible anime debuts of the season. As previously announced, Kill Blue launches globally on April 11.

The Kill Blue anime series will be available on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki, Plex, the It’s Anime FAST Channel (Samsung TV Plus, Vizio WatchFree+) and It’s Anime YouTube in North America.

Ahead of the release, fans can explore the world of Kill Blue through previously released teaser and official trailer, and the series’ opening and ending themes. The opening theme, “[ATTITUDE]” performed by K-pop sensations aespa, brings high-energy excitement, while the ending theme “KILL SHOT” by RIIZE offers a poignant, reflective complement to the story’s themes of rediscovering life and youth.

In addition to the musical contributions by aespa and RIIZE, Kill Blue‘s voice cast includes Japanese idol Daisuke Sakuma as the character Shin Kohazame.

Synopsis: A legendary assassin at 39. Starting over… as a middle schooler.

Juzo Ōgami is a legendary hitman who has never failed an assignment, no matter how impossible. One day, after wiping out a powerful organization, he is stung by a mysterious wasp and collapses. When he wakes up, the fearsome 39-year-old assassin has been transformed into a 13-year-old boy! Before he can even process what happened, his boss delivers a new order: “In that body, infiltrate a middle school.” What awaits him is an unexpected school life filled with colorful classmates, youthful chaos, and looming danger. Can Juzo ever return to his original form? Or will the assassins closing in on him end his second life before it even begins?

The voice cast features Yuko Sanpei as Juzo Ōgami, Fuka Izumi as Noren Mitsuoka, Shuichiro Umeda as Kotatsu Nekota, Daisuke Sakuma as Shin Kohazame, Takeo Otsuka as Tenma Tendo, Shoya Chiba as Kazuma Rindou, Yoshiki Nakajima as Eiji Rindou, Atsumi Tanezaki as Chisato Shiraishi, Yumi Uchiyama as Eri Wanibuchi and Shunsuke Takeuchi as adult Juzo.

Produced by studio CUE (Junket Bank, Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko), Kill Blue is directed by Yasunori Ide (Please Teacher!, Hanaukyo Maid Team), with Hiro Kaburagi (91 Days, Great Pretender) as animation supervisor and script writer, Miho Daidoji as character designer, Taketo Gonpei as art director, Shiho Suzuki & Yoshinori Horikawa handling color setting, Shinya Matsui as DP, Daisuke Imai as editor, Shoji Hata as sound director and Ryo Konishi as music composer.

For more information on Kill Blue, visit kill-blue.us and follow @killblue_en on X and @killblue_official on TikTok.