Yasuhiro Mamiya and Yumi Uchiyama are joining the Japanese voice cast of the ongoing Sakamoto Days TV anime series, as confirmed in a preview video for the show’s fourth episode. The anime’s 11-episode first cour premiered on January 11, 2025, while the second cour will air in July 2025. Netflix is streaming the series worldwide on a weekly release schedule.
Mamiya will be joining the series as Boiled (left) and Uchiyama as Obiguro (right). The English dub voice actors for the two characters were revealed earlier this month, which included SungWon Cho as Boiled and professional wrestler Lexi Cabrera (also known as Alexa Bliss) as Obiguro, respectively.
Mamiya and Uchiyama join a main voice cast that includes:
- • Tomokazu Sugita as Taro Sakamoto
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shin Asakura
- • Ayane Sakura as Lu Shaotang
- • Nao Toyama as Aoi Sakamoto
- • Ryota Suzuki as Heisuke Mashimo
- • Hina Kino as Hana Sakamoto
- • Miyari Nemoto as Pisuke
Masaki Watanabe (Bakumatsu, Battle Spirits: Mirage) is directing the anime series, with Taku Kishimoto (Blue Lock) as series screenwriter, Yo Moriyama (Megalo Box director and co-sub character designer et al.) as character designer, and Yuki Hayashi (Haikyu!!, My Hero Academia) as music composer. TMS Entertainment is in charge of the animation production.
The anime is based on the manga by Yuto Suzuki, which began in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on November 21, 2020 and has released 20 tankobon volumes as of January 2025. A 21st volume will be released on March 4, 2025.
Viz Media releases the Sakamoto Days manga in English, describing the synopsis of the first volume as:
Time has passed peacefully for Sakamoto since he left the underworld. He’s running a neighborhood store with his lovely wife and child and has gotten a bit…out of shape. But one day a figure from his past pays him a visit with an offer he can’t refuse: return to the assassin world or die!
