An anime television series based on the manga began airing on Fuji TV from Januand ran for 22 episodes.
It was bundled with the 7th volume of the manga, which released on December 27, 2013. See also: List of Assassination Classroom episodesĪn original video animation based on the series was produced by Brain's Base for the Jump Super Anime Tour and shown at 5 Japanese cities between October 6 and November 24, 2013. At first, Nagisa appears to be one of the weaker members of Class 3-E, but he later emerges as one of the most skillful assassins in the class. The series is narrated by Nagisa Shiota, one of the students in the class whose main strategy in killing Koro-sensei is making a list of all his weaknesses over time. The students eventually learn the secrets involving him, the Moon's destruction, and his ties with their previous homeroom teacher including the true reason why he must be killed before the end of the school year. However, this proves to be a highly unachievable task as not only does he have several superpowers at his disposal including accelerated regeneration, visual cloning, an invincible form, and the ability to move and fly at Mach 20, but he is also the best teacher they could ask for, helping them to improve their grades, individual skills, and prospects for the future.Īs time goes on, the situation gets even more complicated as other assassins come after Koro-sensei's life, some coveting the reward, others for personal reasons. US$100 million) to whoever among the students succeeds in killing the creature, whom they have named "Koro-sensei". The Japanese government promises a reward of ¥10 billion (i.e. In class 3-E, the End Class of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, the creature starts working as a homeroom teacher where he teaches his students regular subjects, as well as the ways of assassination. However, he offers mankind a chance to avert this fate. The creature claims that within a year, he will destroy the planet next. See also: List of Assassination Classroom charactersĮarth is left in jeopardy after an enormously powerful tentacled creature suddenly appears and destroys 70% of the Moon, leaving it in the shape of a crescent. Both the anime and manga have been received positively. A live action film adaptation was released in March 2015, and a sequel, titled Assassination Classroom: Graduation, was released in March 2016.Īs of September 2016, the Assassination Classroom manga had over 25 million copies in circulation. This was followed by an anime television adaptation by Lerche, which aired on Fuji TV from January 2015 to June 2016. An original video animation (OVA) adaptation by Brain's Base was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour from October to November 2013.
The series was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand. The anime series has been licensed by Funimation. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English language release by Viz Media. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from July 2012 to March 2016, with its chapters collected in twenty-one tankōbon volumes. The students are considered “misfits” in their school and are taught in a separate building the class he teaches is called 3-E. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicated to the task of assassinating him to prevent Earth from being destroyed.