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Sakamoto Days Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2026
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
This year's 43rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga is getting a live-action film adaptation that will open in Japan during the Golden Week holidays (late-April to early-May) in 2026. Shueisha will reveal more details on Tuesday. The magazine also revealed a "super teaser visual" and ANN will update this article once the visual is available.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus are publishing the manga in English digitally. MANGA Plus describes the manga:
Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villaines and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! the chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!
Viz Media is also publishing the manga in print.
The manga's spinoff titled Sakamoto Holidays launched in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine in July 2024. Tetsu Ōkawa, who works as an assistant on the main manga, is drawing the spinoff. The main manga inspired a novel in April 2023, and a second novel shipped in December 2024.
The manga's anime adaptation premiered on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels on January 11, and the series also debuted on Netflix on January 11. The first part had 11 episodes.
The anime's second part premiered on July 14 on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels at 24:00 JST (effectively, July 15 at 12:00 a.m.). The second part's first episode streamed in advance on Netflix on July 14, and only the 12th episode will stream simultaneously with the Japanese TV broadcast.
The manga has also inspired a smartphone puzzle game that launched on April 2.
Update: Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's cover image added.
Source: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 43
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