| Assassination Classroom | |
 Firsttankōbon volume cover, featuring Koro-sensei's face | |
| 暗殺教室 (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yusei Matsui |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | July 2, 2012 –March 25, 2016 |
| Volumes | 21(List of volumes) |
| Original animation DVD | |
| Directed by | Keiji Gotoh |
| Music by | Tomoki Kikuya |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
| Released | December 27, 2013 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Seiji Kishi |
| Produced by | Noriko Ozaki |
| Written by | Makoto Uezu |
| Music by | Naoki Satō |
| Studio | Lerche |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Fuji TV,KTV,BS Fuji |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 9, 2015 – June 30, 2016 |
| Episodes | 47 + 1 OVA(List of episodes) |
| Anime film | |
| Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days | |
| Directed by | Seiji Kishi |
| Written by | Makoto Uezu |
| Music by | Naoki Satō |
| Studio | Lerche |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll[b] |
| Released | November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19) |
| Runtime | 92 minutes |
| Live-action films | |
| Video games | |
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| Spin-off | |
 Anime and manga portal | |
Assassination Classroom (Japanese:暗殺教室,Hepburn:Ansatsu Kyōshitsu) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated byYusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerfuloctopus-like being working as a junior highhomeroom teacher, and his students dedicated to the task of assassinating him to prevent Earth from being destroyed. The students are considered "misfits" in their school and are taught in a separate building; the class he teaches is called 3-E. It was serialized inShueisha'sshōnen manga magazineWeekly Shōnen Jump from July 2012 to March 2016, with its chapters collected in twenty-onetankōbon volumes.
In North America, the manga has been licensed for English language release byViz Media. The anime series has been licensed byCrunchyroll, formerly known asFunimation. The series was obtained byMadman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand. Anoriginal video animation (OVA) adaptation produced byBrain's Base was screened at theJump Super Anime Tour from October to November 2013. This was followed by ananime television adaptation byLerche, which aired onFuji Television, BS Fuji and other stations from January 2015 to June 2016. Alive action film adaptation was released in March 2015, and a sequel, titledAssassination Classroom: Graduation, was released in March 2016.
By October 2023, theAssassination Classroom manga hadover 27 million copies in circulation. Both the anime and manga have been received positively.
Earth is left in disarray when all of a sudden, 70% of the Moon is obliterated, leaving it permanently in the shape of a crescent. Not long after, a yellow tentacled creature appears to claim responsibility for the phenomenon. He soon proves to be unable to be killed by the world governments due to his arsenal of superpowers including accelerated regeneration, visual cloning, near-impenetrable skin, and the ability to move and fly atMach 20. The creature claims that within a year, he will destroy the planet next. However, he offers mankind a chance to avert this fate.
Per the resulting agreement, the creature becomes a teacher at Kunugigaoka Junior High School, his students being members of Class 3–E, a class that isintentionally disadvantaged academically due to low grades, inability to meet the school's strict rules and policies, and other forms ofcruel and unusual punishment. Each of the students are granted the chance to kill the creature, whom they dub "Koro-sensei",[c] before his imposed deadline of the end of the school year, and are granted specialized weapons developed by the government that can kill him; furthermore, Koro-sensei is forbidden from harming the students in any capacity. In addition to teaching them regular subjects, Koro-sensei also teaches them the ways of assassination so that they can kill him in the future. The Japanese government promises a reward of¥10 billion to whoever among the students succeeds in killing Koro-sensei. However, this proves to be a virtually impossible task not only due to his superpowers anddeath anxiety, but because he is also the best teacher they could ask for, helping them to improve their grades, individual skills, and prospects for the future. As time goes on, the situation gets even more complicated as other assassins come after Koro-sensei's life, some coveting the reward, others for personal reasons. The students eventually learn the secrets involving him, the Moon's destruction, his ties with their previous homeroom teacher, and the true reason why he must be killed before the end of the school year.
Assassination Classroom, written and illustrated byYusei Matsui, was serialized inShueisha'sshōnen manga magazineWeekly Shōnen Jump from July 2, 2012,[3][4] to March 16, 2016.[5][6] Shueisha collected its 180 chapters in twenty-onetankōbon volumes, released from November 2, 2012,[7] and July 4, 2016.[8] A VOMIC (voiced comic) version, which added voice clips to the manga pages, was featured on theSakiyomi Jan Bang! variety show between January and June 2013.[9] In North America, the series was licensed for English release byViz Media.[10] The twenty-one volumes were released between December 2, 2014,[11] and April 3, 2018.[12]
A spin-off manga, titledKoro Sensei Quest, written and illustrated by Kizuku Watanabe and Jō Aoto, was serialized inShueisha'sSaikyō Jump magazine from October 2, 2015,[13] to October 4, 2019.[14]
Anoriginal video animation (OVA) based on the series was produced byBrain's Base for theJump Super Anime Tour and shown at five Japanese cities between October 6 and November 24, 2013.[15] It was bundled with the seventh volume of the manga, released on December 27, 2013.[16]
An anime television series based on the manga began airing onFuji TV from January 9, 2015, and ran for 22 episodes.[17][18] The anime television series was directed bySeiji Kishi atLerche, with Kazuki Morita as character designer and Makoto Uezu as the lead scriptwriter.[19] An OVA episode was included on the first BD/DVD volume released on March 27, 2015, following a screening at Jump Special Anime Fest in November 2014.[20] The anime had been licensed byFunimation, who simulcast the series as it aired and began a broadcast dub version from February 18, 2015.[21][22] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.[23] The first opening theme is "Seishun Satsubatsu-ron",[Jp. 1] while the second opening theme is "Jiriki Hongan Revolution";[Jp. 2] both are performed by 3-nen E-gumi Utatan[Jp. 3], a 5-member group consisting of the charactersNagisa Shiota (Mai Fuchigami),Karma Akabane (Nobuhiko Okamoto),Kaede Kayano (Aya Suzaki),Yūma Isogai (Ryota Osaka), andHiroto Maehara (Shintaro Asanuma). The two openings were released as singles on February 18 and May 27 respectively. The ending theme is "Hello, shooting star" byMoumoon.
The second season of the anime began airing on January 7, 2016, and ran for 25 episodes.[24] The third opening theme is "Question" and the fourth is "Bye Bye Yesterday"[Jp. 4] by 3-nen E-gumi Utatan,[Jp. 5] with singles released on February 24 and May 25 respectively. The second ending theme is "Kaketa Tsuki"[Jp. 6] and the third is "Mata Kimi ni Aeru hi"[Jp. 7] byShion Miyawaki.Anime Limited has licensed both seasons in the UK.[25][26]
On June 30, 2016, two anime films were announced:Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days andKoro Sensei Quest!. Both aired on November 19, 2016.[27]
Adult Swim'sToonami programming block began broadcasting Funimation's English dub of the anime starting on August 30, 2020.[28]
As part of the series' tenth anniversary campaign, the series began to be rebroadcast on Fuji TV on April 10, 2025. The theme songs for each season feature newly composed tracks. The first opening theme is "Caution" (known in Japanese as "Kiiro Shingo" (黄色信号;lit. 'Yellow Light') byTomonari Sora [ja] and the first ending theme is "Tsuki no Fune" (ツキノフネ;lit. 'Moon Ship') byAtarayo [ja].[29] The second opening theme is "Last Look" (ラストルック,Rasuto Rukku) byKeina Suda.[30]
In September 2025, a compilation film was announced. TitledGekijōban Ansatsu Kyōshitsu Minna no Jikan (劇場版「暗殺教室」みんなの時間; 'Assassination Classroom the Movie: Everybody's Time'), the films is set to premiere in Japanese theaters on March 10, 2026. The film collects episodes cut from the anime due to time constraints. Original manga author Matsui stated it serves not only as a tenth anniversary project but also as continuation of the main story.[31]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [32] | |||
| "Seishun Satsubatsuron" | 2015 | 26 | Non-album singles |
| "Jiriki Hongan Revolution" | 37 | ||
| "Question" | 2016 | 46 | |
| "Bye Bye Yesterday" | 49 |
A live-action film was released in Japan on March 21, 2015,[33] withHey! Say! JUMP'sRyosuke Yamada as the main character, andArashi'sKazunari Ninomiya voicing the tentacled teacher Koro sensei.[34] It opened at number one on the Japanese box office with $3.42 million and as of April 5, 2015, has grossed over $20 million.[35] It was the tenth highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with¥2.77 billion (US$23 million).[36] A second film, titledAssassination Classroom: Graduation, was released on March 25, 2016,[37][38] with most of the cast from the original appearing.[39]
A video game based on the series,Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei,[Jp. 8] was developed byBandai Namco Games and released onNintendo 3DS in Japan on March 12, 2015.[40] In January of the same year, Bandai Namco also announced a mobile game based on theAssassination Classroom series, titledAssassination Classroom: Enclosure Time.[Jp. 9] The mobile game released later the same year.[41] A sequel to the 3DS game,Assassination Classroom: Assassin Raising Project!!,[Jp. 10] was released by Bandai Namco for the Nintendo 3DS on March 24, 2016, exclusively in Japan.[42]
Koro-sensei appears as a playable character inJ-Stars Victory VS, originally released in Japan forPlayStation 3 andPlayStation Vita on March 19, 2014, with an international version,J-Stars Victory VS+, released for PS3, PS Vita, andPlayStation 4 in June 2015.[43][44]
By May 2013, over one million copies of the first volume were printed,[45][46] and individual volumes frequently appeared on the lists of best-selling manga in Japan.[47][48][49] Volumes 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, and 6 placed 26th, 32nd, 36th, 37th, 41st, and 50th respectively on the list of the best-selling manga volumes of 2013,[50] making it the seventh best-selling manga series in Japan of 2013 with 4,595,820 copies sold.[51] By September 2016, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation.[52] By October 2023, it had over 27 million copies in circulation.[53]
Assassination Classroom ranked first in "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2013.[54] It was nominated for the 6thManga Taishō.[55] It placed second in male-oriented comics category on the list of "Book of the Year" byMedia Factory and manga news magazineDa Vinci.[56] Nippon Shuppan Hanbai elected it the best work of 2013 in their "Recommended Comic Books Across the Country Clerk's Choice".[57] It ranked first on the 2014Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey byTakarajimasha.[58] In February 2015,Asahi Shimbun announced thatAssassination Classroom was one of nine nominees for the nineteenth annualTezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[59] It was nominated for theBest U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia in the 2016Eisner Award.[60] OnTV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series,Assassination Classroom ranked 51st.[61]
In 2023, the manga was removed from some American school libraries—for example, atGifford Middle School, Florida, and at theElmbrook School District, Wisconsin—due to its depiction of violence, especially gun violence and towards teachers. The series was also challenged on the basis of its sexually explicit imagery by the Citizens Defending Freedom organization, politicianTim Anderson, and a parent who expressed their concern about the "sexualization of minors".[62] In 2024, theHorry County Schools school district removed copies of the manga from its school libraries after the mother of a ninth grader atSocastee High School complained to the district regarding the series' content.[63] According to a 2025 report byPEN America, which documented public school bans, the series was removed at least 54 times from school libraries in the United States from 2024 to 2025.[64]
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In November 2019,Polygon namedAssassination Classroom as one of the best anime of the 2010s.[65]
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