KILL BLUE anime has released its creditless opening animation video, directed by Chainsaw Man Season 1 director Ryu Nakayama and featuring the OP song “ATTITUDE” by aespa. Studio CUE is in charge of the animation production, with Hiro Kaburagi (Kimi ni Todoke, GREAT PRETENDER) as the director.
The animation production of the opening was handled by Nakayama’s Andraft, with the full staff including:
- Director: Ryu Nakayama
- Direction & Storyboard: Ukata
- Chief Animation Directors: ちゃい, 首藤 寛陽, Aoi Saibara, 柿沼 蒼生, Mainore
- Color Design & Color Check: Fumiko Tanaka (Studio Elle)
- Production Manager: Kensuke Shiono
- Screen Design, Art Director & Color Script: Takumi Ito
- Director of Photography: Shusaku Takayanagi
- CG Coordinator: Michael Tanaka
You can watch the opening video below.
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime, which has released 2 episodes so far. They describe the story:
Legendary hitman Juzo Ogami has never failed an assignment. But after a mission, he’s stung by a mysterious wasp and wakes up in the body of a 13-year-old boy! And to make things even weirder, he receives a bizarre new order: infiltrate a middle school. Now the once-feared assassin must balance the chaos of school life with his deadly work, all while searching for a way to regain his adult body!
The main staff for the anime includes:
- Animation Supervisor/Script Writer: Hiro Kaburagi
- Animation Director: Yasunori Ide
- Character Design: Miho Daidoji
- Art Director: Taketo Gonpei
- Color Setting: Shiho Suzuki/Yoshinori Horikawa
- Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui
- Editing: Daisuke Imai
- Music: Ryo Konishi
- Sound Director: Shoji Hata
- Animation Production: CUE
The voice cast consists of the following members:
- Yuko Sanpei as Juzo Ogami
- Fuka Izumi as Noren Mitsuoka
- Shuichiro Umeda as Kotatsu Nekota
- Takeo Otsuka as Tenma Tendo
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Chisato Shiraishi
- Yumi Uchiyama as Eri Wanibuchi
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Juzo Ogami (Adult)
- Daisuke Sakuma as Shin Kohazame
Kill Blue is a Japanese manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump since April 2023, with thirteen volumes released as of December 2025. VIZ Media licensed it in English.
Source: Press Release, KILL BLUE Official X
© Tadatoshi Fujimaki / Shueisha · “Kill Blue” Production Committee
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