Popular Suspense Manga ‘Tasūketsu’ to Inspire an Anime After 5 Years

Summary:

  • ‘Tasūketsu’ manga will inspire a television anime adaptation in 2024.
  • The story features a world where people are disappearing and must play a game with only one rule: Majority Dies. 
  • It was ranked in the top 10 in AnimeJapan’s 2019-2020 ‘Ranking of Manga Most Wanted to Be Made into Anime’ for two years in a row. 

‘Tasūketsu’ is a popular manga that many readers are familiar with. It features a world where people are disappearing and must play a game with only one rule: Majority Dies. 

Fans have been eagerly waiting for an anime adaptation for the past five years, and now there have been some official announcements that have excited the fanbase.

Taiga Miyakawa‘s ‘Tasūketsu’ manga will inspire a television anime adaptation that will debut in 2024.

「多数欠」TVアニメ化決定! 特報映像

The mysterious trailer starts by introducing us to the main character, Saneatsu Narita. There seems to be a mass kidnapping where people are forced to play a dangerous game. A battle appears to break out later between two other characters, and somehow, Saneatsu gets involved and is in danger.

Majority missing』 TV animation decided! Director: Tatsuo Sato Character design: Nami Hayashi -cast- Saneatsu Narita: #Yuto Uemura Saya Fujishiro: #Anna Nagase Ryuta Ichinose: #Urawaki Kazuhiko Sato: #Koki Osuzu Kamiomi: #Edaori Mikami Kunigo Iriko: #Yuki Nakajima Tojuro Yagihashi: #Daisuke Ono Ryohei Sudo: #Jun Kasama Sotaro Shinozaki: #Shuta Morishima

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The key visual shows a laptop with a “Yes” or “NO” option on the screen.

Satelight Studio will be responsible for the production, and the following staff will contribute.

RoleNameWorks
DirectorTatsuo SatōMartian Successor Nadesico
Assistant DirectorTōru HamazakiJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Character DesignerNami HayashiBlack Clover
Music ComposerR.O.NThe Slime Diaries

The cast members were revealed, and here is the list.

CharacterCastOther Works
Saneatsu NaritaYūto UemuraAtsushi Nakajima (Bungo Stray Dogs)
Saaya FujishiroAnna NagaseRiko (Jujutsu Kaisen 2)
Ryūta IchinoseKazuki UraYoichi Isagi (BLUELOCK)
Kazuhiko SatōKōki ŌsuzuDraht (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
Omi JinShiori MikamiAkari Akaza (Yuruyuri (OVA)
Eren KunashiriYuki NakashimaLisa Imai (BanG Dream!)
Tōjurō YagihashiDaisuke OnoErwin Smith (Attack on Titan)
Ryōei SudōJun KasamaAran Ojiro (Haikyu!! To The Top (TV 4)
Sōtarō ShinozakiShūta MorishimaShin Nitta (Cardfight!! Vanguard)
Ren IrugaKENNYwain (Divine Gate)
Hisoka MidōKenjiro TsudaNanami (Jujutsu Kaisen)
EmperorYuka TerasakiRoy (Pokémon Horizons: The Series)

The series has a suspenseful and thrilling plot, as well as a diverse and interesting cast of characters. It was ranked in the top 10 in AnimeJapan’s 2019-2020 ‘Ranking of Manga Most Wanted to Be Made into Anime’ for two years in a row. 

If you enjoy ‘Assassination Classroom,’ ‘Tower of God,’ or ‘Kakegurui,’ you should definitely watch this anime as it follows a similar theme.

About Tasūketsu

Tasūketsu’ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiga Miyakawa. It began serialization online on Comic Smart’s Ganma! The website was launched in September 2013 and consists of three parts.

The story is about a game where the majority dies. The main character is a high school student named Saneatsu Narita, kidnapped and forced to participate in a death game with 11 other people.

A 7-minute original video animation (OVA) adaptation, titled Tasūketsu: Judgement Assizes and produced by Imagica Lab, was released in January 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight is set to premiere in 2024.

Source: Official Website

Aaheli Pradhan

A grandma by heart who loves to knit, sketch, and swing in parks. Binge-reads a massive amount of manga from psychological to shounen-ai. Either awkward or salty, there's no in-between.

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