Latest Shonen Jump issue has the reveal, more info to come
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A Sakamoto Days live-action film is officially in the works. Details are light at the moment, but the project was announced in the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, with more info to come soon.
Here’s the cover of this year’s 43rd issue of Jump, which has the reveal and Sakamoto Days as the featured series.
The original Sakamoto Days manga series, created by Yuto Suzuki, has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since November 21, 2020, with 23 collected volumes in Japan and 18 translated and released into English. The anime adaptation directed by Masaki Watanabe (Bartender) at TMS Entertainment premiered in January 2025, with Netflix streaming.
The manga releases weekly on the Shonen Jump app and through VIZ Media, which describes the series:
Time has passed peacefully for Sakamoto since he left the underworld. He’s running a neighborhood store with his lovely wife and child and has gotten a bit…out of shape. But one day a figure from his past pays him a visit with an offer he can’t refuse: return to the assassin world or die!
Source: Oricon
