Akame ga Kill!

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Akame ga Kiru!
Japanese: アカメが斬る!
English: Akame ga Kill!
French: Red Eyes Sword - Akame ga Kill!
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 7, 2014 to Dec 15, 2014
Premiered: Summer 2014
Broadcast: Mondays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: White Fox
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, FantasyFantasy
Theme: GoreGore
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.481 (scored by 13896701,389,670 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #21282
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #30
Members: 2,231,074
Favorites: 30,464

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Synopsis

Night Raid is the covert assassination branch of the Revolutionary Army, an uprising assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, whose avarice and greed for power has led him to take advantage of the child emperor's inexperience. Without a strong and benevolent leader, the rest of the nation is left to drown in poverty, strife, and ruin. Though the Night Raid members are all experienced killers, they understand that taking lives is far from commendable and that they will likely face retribution as they mercilessly eliminate anyone who stands in the revolution's way.

This merry band of assassins' newest member is Tatsumi, a naïve boy from a remote village who had embarked on a journey to help his impoverished hometown and was won over by not only Night Raid's ideals, but also their resolve. Akame ga Kill! follows Tatsumi as he fights the Empire and comes face-to-face with powerful weapons, enemy assassins, challenges to his own morals and values, and ultimately, what it truly means to be an assassin with a cause.

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Background

Akame ga Kill! is the anime adaptation of Takahiro's shounen manga of the same title, which is illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro and was serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Joker from April 2010 to December 2016. The anime follows the source material through the first eight volumes of the manga, incorporating events from later issues as well, before concluding with an original story arc that deviates from the manga.

Characters & Voice Actors

Akame

Main
Amamiya, Sora
Japanese

Mine

Main
Tamura, Yukari
Japanese

Tatsumi

Main
Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Leone

Main
Asakawa, Yuu
Japanese

Esdeath

Supporting
Akesaka, Satomi
Japanese

Lubbock

Supporting
Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Chelsea

Supporting
Nazuka, Kaori
Japanese

Bulat

Supporting
Konishi, Katsuyuki
Japanese

Sheele

Supporting
Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Kurome

Supporting
Ohashi, Ayaka
Japanese

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1: "Skyreach" by Sora Amamiya (eps 1-14)
2: "LIAR MASK" by Rika Mayama (eps 15-24)
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Dec 8, 2025
I loved this anime. The fights were very well done, the characters were incredible, and the ending was well-written. However, there was one thing that bothered me. I found the anime too rushed and underdeveloped; I believe it could have been better if it had been divided into several seasons or had more episodes, giving us time to get more attached to the characters and connect with them. Many deaths were unfair in my opinion (especially Tatsumi's and Shelle's). I believe the manga is better, but the anime is just as good. I recommend it, I believe this anime isn't for everyone, but I think ...
Aug 12, 2025
Mixed Feelings
This show is one of the weirdest ones in the anime community. So many people praise it as amazing but it honestly is kind of a weird pervy anime in disguise as something deeper. People talk a lot about this series being dark and realistic because no one is "safe" but that really just makes a hollow story with surface level characters and an unsatisfying ending. Also the world in this story is so bland and one dimensional where the good guys are good and the bad guys are cartoonishly bad to the point of the main group of assassins would never kill anyone without ...
Jun 21, 2025
FunnyFunny
I originally made this review and score for the manga, but it was actually the anime that I watched.

Plot: Akame ga Kill is basically about a boy from a small village, Tatsumi, wanting to work for the capital in order to send money back to his village. His dreams are crushed when he realizes that the empire is corrupt. He joins up with Night Raid, a revolutionary army of assassins designed to fight against the empire, in hopes to getting rid of that corruption.

The Good: not much is good about this tbh, but it had a few good things. I liked the idea of ...

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