Series synopsis
Assassination Classroom, also known as 暗殺教室 is a Japanese animation comedy action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Fuji TV on January 10, 2015. It ended on July 1, 2016. It stars Jun Fukuyama, Mai Fuchigami, Nobuhiko Okamoto and Aya Suzaki.
The students of Class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?
Premise
The students of Class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jun Fukuyama as Koro-sensei (voice)
- Mai Fuchigami as Nagisa Shiota (voice)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Karma Akabane (voice)
- Aya Suzaki as Kaede Kayano (voice)
- Ayaka Suwa as Touka yada (voice)
- Ayako Kawasumi as Aguri Yukimura (voice)
- Chie Matsuura as Megu Kataoka (voice)
- Eiji Miyashita as Sousuke Sugaya (voice)
Supporting cast
- Fuuko Saito as Kirara Hazama (voice)
- Hisako Kanemoto as Hinano Kurahashi (voice)
- Junji Majima as Ryuunosuke Chiba (voice)
- Kotono Mitsuishi as Hiromi Shiota (voice)
- Kouki Harasawa as Takuya Muramatsu (voice)
- Mamoru Miyano as Gakushuu Asano (voice)
- Manami Numakura as Rio Nakamura (voice)
- Megumi Ogata as Itona Horibe (voice)
- Miho Hino as Sumire Hara (voice)
- Minami Tanaka as Hinata Okano (voice)
- Mitsuaki Madono as Kotaro Yanagisawa (voice)
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Reaper (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 56 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 9 | November 9, 2014 | November 25, 2016 |
| Season 1 | 22 | January 9, 2015 | June 20, 2015 |
| Season 2 | 25 | January 8, 2016 | July 1, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 0 - Meeting Time Koro-sensei reminisces about his first meeting with Karasuma, where they first butted heads and fought against each other, ultimately coming to respect one another. However, Karasuma eventually points out their actual meeting wasn't nearly as eventful. |
November 9, 2014 |
| 2 | Extracurricular Lesson Takebayashi's Time 1 | March 11, 2016 |
| 3 | Extracurricular Lesson Takebayashi's Time 2 | March 18, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Assassination Time A creature who blasted the moon into a crescent shows up at Kunugigaoka Junior High School--and he's giving the students a year to assassinate him! |
January 10, 2015 |
| 2 |
Baseball Time The reasoning behind the E Class's segregation is revealed. Nagisa tracks Koro Sensei's weak points in the hopes of using them to take him down. |
January 17, 2015 |
| 3 |
Karma Time The brilliant, belligerent Karma Akabane, Nagisa's former classmate, joins 3-E and immediately jumps into the assassination mission with both feet. |
January 31, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Summer Festival Time Koro Sensei and his students try some matchmaking at the end of their island trip. Class 3-E's eventful summer ends with a taste of pure festival fun. |
January 8, 2016 |
| 2 |
Kaede Time Kaede comes up with a delicious plan of attack, Class 3-E plays an intense game of Cops and Robbers, and Koro Sensei is accused of a serious crime. |
January 15, 2016 |
| 3 |
Itona Horibe Time Koro Sensei faces off against the powerful, tentacled Itona and his handler Shiro yet again, revealing more of his teaching philosophy along the way. |
January 22, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 10, 2015 |
| Last aired | July 1, 2016 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 00:55:00 |