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Assassination Classroom Anime Staff Revealed

The recent issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has revealed the staff of the upcoming anime adaptation of Yusei Matsui’s manga Assassination Classroom.

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Here are the revealed staff members that will be producing the Assassination Classroom anime:

  • Director: Seiji Kishi (Persona 4 The Animation, Angel Beats!)
  • Character Designer: Kazuaki Morita (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova, Persona 4 The Animation)
  • Script Writer: Makoto Uezu (Carnival Phantasm)
  • Animation Studio: Lerche (Fate/Prototype, Unbreakable Machine-Doll)

Additionally, the issue has also revealed that none of the voice actors from the previous 2013 OVA and the upcoming voice comic.

Assassination Classroom is a manga series from Yusei Matsui. The series began in 2012 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and was the 7th top selling manga in 2013. To date, a total of 9 compiled volumes have been released. An OVA of the manga released late last year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

A humorous and action-packed story about a class of misfits who are trying to kill their new teacher – an alien octopus with bizarre powers and super strength! The teacher has just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth – unless his students can destroy him first. What makes things more complicated is that he’s the best teacher they’ve ever had!

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The Assassination Classroom anime will be airing next year. Additional information about the anime will release at a later date on the anime’s website: http://ansatsu-anime.com/ which is currently not live.

 
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