Assassination Classroom
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 9/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jun FukuyamaMai FuchigamiMichael JohnstonBryce PapenbrookPatrick SeitzVic Mignogna
Written by
Yûsei Matsui
Starring
Jun FukuyamaMai FuchigamiMichael JohnstonBryce PapenbrookPatrick SeitzVic Mignogna
Written by
Yûsei Matsui
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| S1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | ||||
| S2 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.7 |
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About
"A monster teacher who makes you cry laughing"
A yellow, tentacled, super-powered creature has destroyed part of the moon and threatens to blow up Earth within a year, unless the misfit students of Class 3-E can assassinate him first. Bafflingly, he also becomes their teacher. What starts as absurd premise turns into a warm, funny, occasionally tear-jerking story about mentorship, self-worth, and growing up. Pace is brisk, tone swings from goofy slapstick to genuinely moving character work, and the emotional core sneaks up on you fast.
Watch it for
the way a ridiculous premise becomes a sincere, moving story about being taught to believe in yourself.
Maybe skip if
you find the tonal whiplash between silly comedy and heavy sentiment hard to buy into.
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Season 12015
7.413K228h 26m
A class of junior high "misfit" students who are tasked with assassinating their new teacher, an octopus-like creature nicknamed Koro-sensei, who destroyed the moon and threatens to destroy Earth in a year. The students have to learn to balance their assassination attempts with the lessons from Koro-sensei, who is surprisingly an excellent teacher, while the government offers a ¥10 billion reward for his head. Each episode often focuses on individual students, their growth, and their internal conflicts between wanting to kill their teacher and growing to care for him.
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Season 22016
8.014K259h 35m
Class 3E and while some things have changed, the class assignment is still the same: kill their teacher before the end of the year. Easier said than done since Koro Sensei's made it clear he won't go down without a fight.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jun Fukuyama Koro-sensei
Mai Fuchigami Nagisa Shiota
Michael Johnston Additional Voices
Bryce Papenbrook Additional Voices, Iekda
Patrick Seitz Additional Voices
Vic Mignogna Additional Voices
Jessie James Grelle Teppei Araki
Lindsay Seidel Nagisa Shiota
Luci Christian Additional Voices
Mike McFarland Gastro
Crew
Yûsei Matsui
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