DMM.com has announced the KILL BLUE manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko’s Basketball, ROBOT×LASERBEAM) is getting a new anime adaptation in 2026. A new trailer and key visual for the upcoming KILL BLUE anime were also released.
Hiro Kaburagi (Great Pretender, Kimi ni Todoke) is the director of the KILL BLUE anime. Miho Daidōji (Kuroko’s Basketball, Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season) is the character designer, and CUE is producing the animation.
“I am deeply grateful to all the readers who have supported KILL BLUE,” said creator Tadatoshi Fujimaki. “Seeing Jūzō’s strange new school life brought to animation is a dream come true. Please look forward to the anime in 2026!”
Shueisha is serializing the KILL BLUE manga in Weekly Shonen Jump. 10 volumes have been released thus far, and the 11th volume will release on September 4.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series, via Shueisha:
A legendary assassin at 39. Starting over… as a middle schooler.
Jūzō 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 Jūzō ever return to his original form? Or will the assassins closing in on him end his second life before it even begins!?
