Assassination Classroom (anime)

Assassination Classroom is the anime adaption of the manga with the same name. The series will be produced by Lerche and directed by Seiji Kishi. Fuji Television will be broadcasting the anime in Japan starting January 9, 2015 on the late Friday night slot and Funimation has also received the rights for internet and US streaming. The opening theme of the anime will be "Youth Savage Theory" (青春サツバツ論, Seishun Satsubatsuron) by character VAs, Mai Fuchigami, Aya Suzaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ryoto Ohsaka, and Shintarō Asanuma as a group named 3-nen E-gumi Utatan (Class 3-E Song Representatives) and the ending theme "Hello, shooting-star" by moumoon.

Cast
According to the 2014 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, the voice actor cas for the anime will be different from the voice actors in both the "VOMIC" and 2013's OVA voice actor casts.

The first news of the cast revealed the voice actors of Korosensei, Tadaomi Karasuma and Irina Jelavic. Later, the all of 3-E class student voice actors (minus Itona Horibe and Ritsu) were revealed, including Karma Akabane's voice actor, Nobuhiko Okamoto, who of which is the only VA to reprise his role from 2013's OVA.

OVA
An exclusive event OVA adaptaton of Assassination Classroom was produced by Brain's Base and premiered at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2013 on October 6, 2013 at its first stop in Sapporo. It was released on DVD on December 27, 2013 as a bundle with Volume 7.

Japanese Staff

 * Director: Seiji Kishi
 * Screenplay: Makoto Uezu
 * Music: Naoki Sato
 * Original Creator: Yusei Matsui
 * Character Design: Kazuaki Morita
 * Art Director: Ayumu Miyakoshi
 * Chief Animation Director:
 * Keiko Kurosawa
 * Kouji Yamagata
 * Mechanical Design: Tomohito Hirose
 * Sound Director: Sato Iida
 * CGI Director: Masafumi Uchiyama
 * Director of Photography: Yuusuke Mishina
 * Animation Producer: Yūji Higa
 * Color Design: Tarō Kaguchi
 * Animation Effects Director: Takashi Hashimoto
 * Prop Design: Tomohito Hirose
 * Sub-Character Design: Keiko Kurosawa
 * Theme Song Composition: Kouhei Tanaka (OP)
 * Theme Song Lyrics: Aki Hata (OP)
 * Theme Song Performance:
 * 3-nen E-gumi Utatan (OP)
 * moumoon (ED)
 * Animation Production: Lerche
 * Broadcaster: Fuji TV
 * Production:
 * Assassination Classroom Production Committee:
 * Avex Pictures
 * Fuji TV
 * Sound Production: Dax Production

English Staff

 * Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
 * Producers:
 * Carly Hunter
 * Justin Cook
 * Michael Harcourt
 * Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment
 * Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment