The anime has revealed its main cast, staff, and teaser trailer.
Toshiya Wakabayashi’s gag manga “Happy Kanako’s Killer Life” is getting a television anime adaptation in April 2027. The announcement revealed the main cast and production staff, along with a teaser visual and trailer.
The trailer:
The teaser visual:
Happy Kanako’s Killer Life
Premiere date: April 2027
Animation studio: Drive
What do we know about the “Happy Kanako’s Killer Life” anime adaptation so far?
The main cast members are:
- Hana Tamegai as Kanako Nishino
- Ryota Suzuki as Sakurai
- Junichi Suwabe as President
Shinji Takamatsu directs the anime and handles series composition at studio Drive. Yoshiyuki Okubo is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.
The series previously received a live-action adaptation in Japan last year.
What is “Happy Kanako’s Killer Life” about?
Toshiya Wakabayashi serialises the gag manga in Kodansha’s Saizensen manga magazine. The series has nine compiled volumes to date.
Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English, and describes the story as:
Nishino Kanako sure hates her job, and is only too happy to snag the first new gig that comes her way. She never expected that her interview would be at an agency for contract killers…or that she’d be really, really good at bumping people off! Kanako doesn’t have a ton of self-confidence, and adjusting to her new life as an assassin isn’t the easiest. Will she ever earn the respect of Sakurai, her prickly but kinda hot new coworker? Find out in this dangerously funny, full-color manga!