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Akame ga Kill!

★ 7.7 40K votes 2014–2014 1 season · 24 episodes Ended Tokyo MX
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 9/10RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 7/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Soma SaitoCorey HartzogSora AmamiyaMolly SearcyYu AsakawaRisa Mizuno
Written by
Takahiro
Starring
Soma SaitoCorey HartzogSora AmamiyaMolly SearcyYu AsakawaRisa Mizuno
Written by
Takahiro
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03757501k2k

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About

"Cheerful assassins anime that turns shockingly merciless"

A cheerful farm boy named Tatsumi journeys to the capital seeking fortune, only to discover it's rotten with corruption. He falls in with Night Raid, a band of assassins killing the empire's elite from within. The show starts as a colorful, quippy action romp with a likable ensemble, then steadily darkens into brutal tragedy, killing off characters you've grown attached to without warning. It's fast-paced and stylish, carried by its cast's chemistry and fight choreography, but its reputation rests almost entirely on how mercilessly it treats its own heroes.

Watch it for

the gut-punch character deaths that subvert typical shounen-style expectations.

Maybe skip if

you get attached to characters easily or dislike unrelenting bleakness late in a season.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12014
8.020K249h 19m
The story begins with Tatsumi, a young swordsman from a remote countryside village, who travels to the Imperial Capital seeking funds to save his starving home. Once he arrives, he discovers that the capital is riddled with corruption and cruelty. He stumbles upon the secret group of assassins known as Night Raid, who are fighting to overthrow the tyrannical and corrupt regime that governs the empire. Tatsumi is recruited into Night Raid and begins his journey in a world of bullets, blades, and moral conflict.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Kill the Darkness8.1
1K24 min
▶2Kill the Authority7.6
89824 min
▶3Kill Your Cares7.4
85324 min
▶4Kill the Imperial Arm Users7.8
85024 min
▶5Kill the Dream7.3
80524 min
▶6Kill the Absolute Justice8.4
91724 min
▶7Kill the Three: Part 17.7
78523 min
▶8Kill the Three: Part 28.3
84623 min
▶9Kill the Battle Fanatic7.6
74923 min
▶10Kill the Temptation7.5
75823 min
▶11Kill the Mad Scientist7.8
75524 min
▶12Kill the Newcomers7.1
74523 min
▶13Kill the Nuisances7.3
73823 min
▶14Kill the Giant Danger Beast7.7
74623 min
▶15Kill the Religious Organization7.5
73023 min
▶16Kill the Puppets8.1
76523 min
▶17Kill the Curse8.7
99123 min
▶18Kill the Demon7.7
72923 min
▶19Kill the Fate8.3
78223 min
▶20Kill the Carnage8.0
75323 min
▶21Kill the Despair8.5
89623 min
▶22Kill the Little Sister8.3
80423 min
▶23Kill the Emperor8.5
93323 min
▶24Akame ga Kill!8.7
1K23 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Soma Saito Tatsumi
Corey Hartzog Tatsumi
Sora Amamiya Akame
Molly Searcy Akame
Yu Asakawa Leone
Risa Mizuno Najenda, Koro
Allison Keith-Shipp Leone
Shelley Calene-Black Najenda
Yukari Tamura Mine
Satomi Akesaka Esdeath

Crew

Takahiro

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