Akame ga Kill!

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Akame ga Kill!
Cover of the first manga volume with one of the main
characters, Akame.
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(Akame ga Kiru!)
Genre Action, Dark fantasy
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#anga
Written by $akahiro
Illustrated by $etsuya $ashiro
Published by %&uare 'ni(
English publisher
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*en +ress
Demographic %h,nen
Magazine Gangan Joker
Original run #arch -., -.!. / ongoing
olumes !. 01ist of volumes2
#anga
Akame ga Kill! Zero
Written by $akahiro
Illustrated by Kei $oru
Published by %&uare 'ni(
Demographic %einen
Magazine Monthly Big Gangan
Original run 3cto4er -5, -.!6 / ongoing
olumes ! 01ist of volumes2
Anime television series
Directed by $omoki Ko4ayashi
Produced by %&uare 'ni(
Written by #akoto 7e8u
Music by $aku 9wasaki
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White Fo(
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"icensed by
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%entai Filmworks
#et$or% $okyo #;, #<%, A$:;, <%!!,
English net$or%
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Crunchyroll
Original run =uly >, -.!? / ongoing
Episodes -? 01ist of episodes2
&nime and Manga portal
Akame ga Kill! 0=apanese@ ! Aep4urn@ Akame ga Kiru!
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, literally meaning BAkame %lashes!B2 is a
=apanese shnen manga series written 4y $akahiro and illustrated 4y $etsuya $ashiro. 9t started seriali8ation in
%&uare 'ni(Cs Gangan Joker in #arch -.!.. $he story focuses on $atsumi, a young villager who travels to the
Capital to raise money for his home only to discover a strong corruption in the area. $he assassin group )ight Daid
recruits the young man to help them in their fight against the 'mpire to end its corruption.
$he series was licensed 4y *en +ress in =une -.!?. A pre&uel manga focused on AkameCs 4ackstory, Akame ga
Kill! Zero, 4egan seriali8ation in %&uare 'ni(Cs Monthly Big Gangan in 3cto4er -.!6. An anime television series
adaptation of the main series premiered in =apan in =uly -.!?. $his is the second work in the =apanese game
developer #inato%oftCs $akahiro 9E +roFect.
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5 '(ternal links
Plot
%ee also@ 1ist of Akame ga Kill! characters
$atsumi is a fighter who, accompanied 4y his two childhood friends, sets off to the Capital in search of a way to
make money to assist his poverty:stricken village. After 4eing separated from his friends, $atsumi not only fails to
enlist in the army, 4ut is swindled out of all his money. Ae is then taken in 4y a no4le family who offer him help,
4ut intend to torture and kill him, Fust like they did with his friends and do8ens of other people. $atsumi is rescued
4y a group of assassins known as )ight Daid, and is invited to Foin their ranks. Composed of the swordswoman
Akame, a young woman armed with a huge pair of scissors named %heele, the string manipulator 1u44ock, the
armored warrior <ulat, the sniper #ine, the 4east fighter 1eone and their leader )aFenda, a former general of the
imperial army, )ight Daid is also part of the revolutionary forces assem4led to overthrow +rime #inister Aonest,
who manipulates the infant emperor for his and his menCs personal gain, leading the rest of the nation to poverty
and strife.
'ach mem4er of )ight Daid carries one of the B9mperial ArmsB 0 Teigu
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2, items created via alchemy and parts
of the supernatural Danger <easts over G.. years ago. Forty:eight of these items were created and a4out half of
them have 4een lost to history. $hese items range from weapons like swords and firearms to more utilitarian items
including a cosmetic 4o( and armor, and even organic 4eings such as a shape:shifting dog and a powerful warrior.
$he 9mperial Arms cannot 4e used 4y Fust anyone, as their users must 4e compati4le with them or risk death. $he
power of most 9mperial Arms is so overwhelming that it is said that when two 9mperial Arm users fight each other,
one is 4ound to die. $atsumi and his new friends successfully assassinate some of AonestCs most trusted cohorts,
while losing %cheele and <ulat to the enemy forces, with $atsumi inheriting <ulatCs 9mperial Arm. $his leads the
+rime #inister to enlist the help of Heneral 'sdeath, considered to 4e the most powerful fighter in the 'mpire, who
assem4les her own team of 9mperial Arms:wielding assassins, the B=aegarsB, to hunt down )ight Daid, who gains
two new mem4ers, the Auman:like 9mperial Arm %usanoo and the master of disguise Chelsea.
After )ight Daid defeats most of the =aegars while losing Chelsea and %usanoo and the revolution gains
momentum, Aonest forms a new secret police force, the BWild AuntB, led 4y his own son, %yura. Aowever, the
Wild Aunt heavily a4uses its authority 4y killing innocent civilians for fun, making enemies of 4oth the =aegars
and )ight Daid. After a confrontation 4etween Wild Aunt and the =aegers, with casualties from 4oth sides, 'sdeath
is a4le to 4lackmail Aonest into dis4anding the rest of Wild Aunt while %yura is killed 4y 1u44ock after he
captures 4oth him and $atsumi. 1u44ock is killed while attempting to escape, and $atsumi is sentenced to a pu4lic
e(ecution, 4ut the remaining mem4ers of )ight Daid attack the e(ecution site to rescue him.
Media
Manga
#ain article@ 1ist of Akame ga Kill! chapters
Akame ga Kill! is a manga series written 4y $akahiro and illustrated 4y $etsuya $ashiro. 9t 4egan seriali8ation in
the April -.!. issue of %&uare 'ni(Cs Gangan Joker, sold on #arch -., -.!.. $he first tankbon volume was
pu4lished on August -!, -.!.I
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ten volumes have 4een released as of =anuary --, -.!?.
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$he series was licensed
4y *en +ress in =une -.!? and the first volume is scheduled to 4e released on =anuary -., -.!5.
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A pre&uel titled Akame ga Kill! Zero 0 Akame ga Kiru Zero
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2 started seriali8ation on !!th issue
of Monthly Big Gangan maga8ine on 3cto4er -5, -.!6. $he series is written 4y $akahiro while illustrated 4y Kei
$oru.
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$he story focuses on AkameCs past during the days she worked as an assassin for the 'mpire.
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#ain article@ 1ist of Akame ga Kill! episodes
An anime adaptation of the manga was announced in =anuary -.!?.
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$he series was directed 4y $omoki
Ko4ayashi and written 4y #akoto 7e8u. $akahiro is also supervising the scenario. $aku 9wasaki composed the
seriesC music. $he series premiered on $okyo #;, #<% and <%!! television stations on =uly >, -.!?.
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$he anime
has 4een licensed 4y %entai Filmworks.
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$he opening theme song is B%kyreachB performed 4y %ora Amamiya,
whilst the ending theme is BKonna %ekai, %hiritakunakatta.B 0
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2 4y #iku
%awai.
(eception
$he seventh volume sold -?,!K! copies within the first week of release.
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$he eighth volume likewise sold 6J,K66
copies in its de4ut week.
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Kestrel %wift from the Fandom +ost praised the animeCs first episode for Bharsh, 4rutal commentary on corruption
and how likely it is that the more perfect someone seems, the darker the secret lurking withinB as well as its
production value 4y White Fo(.
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Do4ert #ullarkey from 7K Anime )etwork also gave the series a similar
response for its action scenes and violence displayed. Aowever, he critici8ed some of its characters and claimed the
anime needs to Bditch the comedy.B
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While reviewing the seriesC first eight episodes, #att +ackard from Anime
)ews )etwork said that BitCs stupid and childishB as B$hereCs nothing mature a4out the idea that evil always takes
the form of a psychopath or a power:hungry glutton, or that people 4ecome soul:dead assassins 4ecause something
traumatic happened to them once, or that the physically weak are destined to 4ecome slaves and die weeping.B
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