Popular manga "The Fable" finally gets an anime TV adaptation! The life of the strongest assassin on leave is a little different from the rest of his life!

A TV anime adaptation of the popular manga "The Fable" has been announced.

The Fable" was serialized by Katsuhisa Minami in "Young Magazine" and was adapted into live-action films starring Junichi Okada in 2019 and 2021, which were huge hits, grossing over 3.1 billion yen in total.

In July 2023, the second part, "The Fable the second contact," was regrettably completed. However, "The Fable" is not over yet. A long-awaited TV anime adaptation has now been decided.

The Fable" is an invincible assassin who has been trained as a gifted assassin since his childhood, and can kill any enemy in less than 6 seconds. One day, he receives a sudden order from the boss of the organization that he must not kill anyone for one year, and he is forced to lead a completely new life without killing anyone.

He takes the name Akira Sato and spends his first normal life as a professional. However, the unsettling atmosphere that stirs in the midst of his peaceful daily life does not leave Akira alone.... Will he be able to carry out the most difficult mission of his life?

This animated action comedy depicts the cool, funny, and slightly eccentric life of "Fable," an assassin known as "Fable," during his one-year stint as an assassin!

Teaser Visual

Fabre, holding his beloved Nighthawk, looks as if he is about to kill anyone he comes in contact with. The assassin with an unmistakable killing intent is ...... naked?

The man who is naked is making a professional resolution not to kill anyone for a year! The visual is a mixture of cool and funny, and is both uncomfortable and powerful.

The TV animation is directed by Ryosuke Takahashi, who has worked on numerous works including the "Armored Trooper Votoms" series, "Fang of the Sun Dougram" and "Firebird. The anime "The Fable," which is exactly what "......" aims to be, "like when you stick a needle into a character on paper and it bleeds." He quoted the words of the original author, Minami Sensei, written on the back cover of the first volume of the book, and expressed his thoughts on the work.

Tezuka Productions, who will be in charge of animation production, has teamed up with the film's creator to produce an animation that is packed with the charm of the work, from the slightly unusual life of "Fable" as a professional who blends in with ordinary society to the action scenes that will make your hands sweat. The animation will be produced by Katsuhisa Minami, the author of the original story, and

Comments from Katsuhisa Minami, the author of the original work, and Director Takahashi have also arrived. Mr. Minami confessed that he had already had an image of "The Fable" as an animated TV series in mind when he first conceived of it, saying, "I secretly had both a live-action movie and an animated feature in mind. He also expressed his joy that "another dream and goal has been reached," and expressed his expectations, saying, "I am as excited as you are, and I am looking forward to the completion of the film.

Full text of the comments

Original story: Katsuhisa Minami
Following the live-action film, we have now reached another dream and goal with this animated version, and I am very grateful to everyone involved. From the very beginning of the conception of "The Fable," I secretly had both a live-action film and an animated feature in mind. Last year, when director Ryosuke Takahashi and his team came to my hometown and I heard them talking passionately about the film, I knew in my gut that this would be a great anime. To the fans of the original, please look forward to the animated version of "The Fable," which will move just like the manga. I am just as excited as you are and eagerly await its completion.

Director: Ryosuke Takahashi
The characters on the paper are like the ones that bleed when you stick a needle into them. ......" These are the words of the original author written on the back cover of the first volume of the book.
These are the words of the original author written on the back cover of the first volume of the book. This is exactly what the anime "The Fable" is aiming for. The "strength," "kindness," "chivalry," and "madness" depicted in the work are all created by characters with hot blood that erupts when cut. The "strength," "kindness," "chivalry," and "madness" depicted in the work must be told by characters with hot blood that spurts out when cut. Now, we all shake and tremble as we join the Sato siblings in Naniwa!

*Comments are in Japanese only.

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＜Staff
Original Story: "The Fable" by Katsuhisa Minami (published in Kodansha's "Young Magazine")
Director： Ryosuke Takahashi
Series Composition : Yuya Takashima
Script：Yuya Takashima, Mayumi Morita
Character Design: Kuma Oshita, Saki Hasegawa, Junichi Hayama
Animation Production: Tezuka Productions

Original Story
The Fable" Katsuhisa Minami
Serialized in Kodansha's "Young Magazine" for about five years until November 2019, the first part is complete. The second part, "The Fable the second contact," which gained popularity, was regrettably completed in July 2023. A total of 22 million copies were sold. It has been called "the most interesting manga of the moment" by many celebrities.
Currently, volumes 1-22 of the first part and volumes 1-7 of the second part are on sale. The Fable The second contact" volume 8 is scheduled for release on August 4, 2023, and volume 9 on November 6, 2023.

© Katsuhisa Minami, Kodansha / "The Fable" Animation Production Committee