Production company DMM Pictures opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kill Ao (Kill Blue) manga, revealing the main staff, teaser visual (pictured), and a teaser promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2026. The manga also ended with the 115th chapter in Weekly Shounen Jump magazine on the same day.

Staff
Director: Hiro Kaburagi (Great Pretender, 91 Days)
Character Design: Miho Daidouji (Ao Ashi sub-character design, Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season chief animation director)
Sound Director: Shouji Hata (Sousou no Frieren, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
Studio: Cue

Fujimaki (Kuroko no Basket) began drawing the action comedy manga in Weekly Shounen Jump in April 2023. Shueisha published the tenth volume on July 4, with the 11th volume scheduled for release on September 4.

VIZ Media licensed the manga for English release in October 2024, and published the second volume on August 5, with the third volume scheduled for October 14 release. Shueisha began simulpublishing the manga in English on its Manga Plus website in April 2023.

Synopsis
Juuzou Oogami's a legend. Even among hit men, his name sends shivers down their spines. There's never been a job he couldn't handle—that is, until the day he awoke as a teenager! But how did his body transform? To find out, he'll have to infiltrate the one place he never thought he'd find himself in...school! (Source: VIZ Media)

Teaser PV


Official site: https://kill-blue.jp/
Official X: @KILLBLUE_PR

Source: PR Times

Kill Ao on MAL