A detective has multiple leases on life and keeps coming back from death in the exciting TV anime adaptation of Teniwoha and Riichu’s Killed Again, Mr. Detective light novel series! Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the Killed Again, Mr. Detective anime, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and the cast and staff.
The story of Killed Again, Mr. Detective focuses on Sakuya Outsuki, the son of a legendary detective wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps. With the help of his assistant Lilithea, he’s able to investigate low-risk cases with ease, somewhat. For some reason, Sakuya comes back to life every time he’s killed, returning and awakening to Lilithea at his side. The pair will take on even more challenging cases that will surely result in more deaths for Sakuya.
Killed Again, Mr. Detective Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New Killed Again, Mr. Detective episodes will release on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. PT / 1:30 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs. Killed Again, Mr. Detective will feature 12 episodes in total.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Killed Again, Mr. Detective (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – April 2 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – April 9 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – April 16 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – April 23 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – April 30 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – May 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – May 14 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – May 21 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – May 28 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – June 4 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – June 11
- Episode 12 – June 18
New episodes of Killed Again, Mr. Detective will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 10:30 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 11:30 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 12:30 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 5:30 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Multidimensional Control Mechanism YODAKA performs the opening theme song “Stardust Eureka,” and Shion Wakayama performs the ending theme song “The Song of Lilithea.”
The cast of Killed Again, Mr. Detective includes:
- Rikuya Yasuda as Sakuya Outsuki
- Shion Wakayama as Lilithea
- Yoshino Aoyama as Yuriu Haigamine
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kaoruta Sozorogi
- Rie Kugimiya as Shardina
- Yūki Takada as Fido & Belka
Takashi Naoya directs the series at Lifenfilms. Mio Inoue is in charge of the series scripts, Akiko Kumada is the character designer, Shūhei Mutsuki is the music composer.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Key Artist: Emiko Onodera
- Art Director: Kuniaki Nemoto
- Art: Kusanagi
- Compositing Director of Photography: Hisayoshi Yamamoto
- Sound Director: Kōhei Yoshida
- Sound Production: INSPION Edge
- Music Production: Nichion
Where Can I Watch Killed Again, Mr. Detective?
Crunchyroll is streaming the Killed Again, Mr. Detective anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and Indian Subcontinent. In Japan, the anime is airing on TBS and BS11 channels.
What is Killed Again, Mr. Detective About?
Kadokawa launched the novel series with the first volume in August 2021, and the sixth volume will release on November 25. Inaba launched a manga adaptation of Killed Again, Mr. Detective on Kadokawa’s Dra Dra Flat website in July 2022, and the manga ran until the second compiled book volume in March 2024. Yen Press publishes the manga in English.
Lastly, here’s a story synopsis of the manga adaptation, via Yen Press:
Sakuya Otsuki is the son of a legendary detective, working to follow in his father’s footsteps with his assistant, Lilithea. However, something’s different about this high-school sleuth. Wherever he goes, he always manages to get himself entangled in his cases—as a murder victim! When Sakuya is tasked to infiltrate a luxury cruise ship, he finds himself killed once again. But every time he reopens his eyes, Lilithea is there by his side, ready to help him get to the bottom of the mystery…
