:Assassination Classroom
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Assassination Classroom Volume 1.jpg
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Koro-sensei's face
| ja_kanji = 暗殺教室
| ja_romaji = Ansatsu Kyōshitsu
| genre = {{ubl|Action{{cite web|last=Jensen|first=Paul|title=Five Lessons I Learned From Assassination Classroom|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-08-05/five-lessons-i-learned-from-assassination-classroom/.105015|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 8, 2020|date=August 5, 2016|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903212732/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-08-05/five-lessons-i-learned-from-assassination-classroom/.105015|url-status=live}}|Science fiction comedy{{cite web|title=The Official Website for Assassination Classroom Manga|url=https://www.viz.com/assassination-classroom|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 26, 2017|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506195152/https://www.viz.com/assassination-classroom|url-status=live}}}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Yusei Matsui
| publisher = Shueisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA = Viz Media
}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Jump Comics
| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump
| first = July 2, 2012
| last = March 25, 2016
| volumes = 21
| volume_list = List of Assassination Classroom chapters
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = oad
| director = Keiji Gotoh
| music = Tomoki Kikuya
| studio = Brain's Base
| licensee =
| released = December 27, 2013
| episode_list =
| runtime = 23 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = TV series
| director = Seiji Kishi
| producer = Noriko Ozaki
| writer = Makoto Uezu
| music = Naoki Satō
| studio = Lerche
| licensee = {{ubl|Crunchyroll{{efn|In North America through Crunchyroll (formerly known as Funimation) and in Australia through Madman Anime.}}|{{English anime licensee|SA/SEA|Muse Communication}}}}
|network = Fuji TV, KTV, BS Fuji
|network_en = {{English anime network
| IN = Animax
| US = Adult Swim (Toonami)
}}
| first = January 9, 2015
| last = June 30, 2016
| episodes = 47 + 1 OVA
| episode_list = List of Assassination Classroom episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = Film
| title = Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days
| director = Seiji Kishi
| writer = Makoto Uezu
| music = Naoki Satō
| studio = Lerche
| licensee = Crunchyroll{{efn|Formerly known as Funimation.}}
| released = {{Start date|2016|11|19}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Live-action films
| content =
- Assassination Classroom (2015)
- Assassination Classroom: Graduation (2016)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Video games
| content =
- Assassination Classroom: Enclosure Time (2015)
- Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei (2015)
- Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan (2016)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Spin-off
| content =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|Assassination Classroom|暗殺教室|Ansatsu Kyōshitsu|lead=yes|group=Jp.}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicated to the task of assassinating him to prevent Earth from being destroyed. The students are considered "misfits" in their school and are taught in a separate building; the class he teaches is called 3-E. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 2012 to March 2016, with its chapters collected in twenty-one {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes.
In North America, the manga has been licensed for English language release by Viz Media. The anime series has been licensed by Crunchyroll, formerly known as Funimation. The series was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand. An original video animation (OVA) adaptation produced by Brain's Base was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour from October to November 2013. This was followed by an anime television adaptation by Lerche, which aired on Fuji Television, BS Fuji and other stations from January 2015 to June 2016. A live action film adaptation was released in March 2015, and a sequel, titled Assassination Classroom: Graduation, was released in March 2016.
By October 2023, the Assassination Classroom manga had over over 27 million copies in circulation. Both the anime and manga have been received positively.
Plot
{{See also|List of Assassination Classroom characters{{!}}List of Assassination Classroom characters}}
Earth is left in disarray when all of a sudden, 70% of the Moon is obliterated, leaving it permanently in the shape of a crescent. Not long after, a yellow tentacled creature appears to claim responsibility for the phenomenon. He soon proves to be unable to be killed by the world governments due to his arsenal of superpowers including accelerated regeneration, visual cloning, near-impenetrable skin, and the ability to move and fly at Mach 20. The creature claims that within a year, he will destroy the planet next. However, he offers mankind a chance to avert this fate.
Per the resulting agreement, the creature becomes a teacher at Kunugigaoka Junior High School, his students being members of Class 3–E, a class that is intentionally disadvantaged academically due to low grades, inability to meet the school's strict rules and policies, and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment. Each of the students are granted the chance to kill the creature, whom they dub {{Nihongo foot|"Koro-sensei"|殺せんせー|Korosensē|a portmanteau of {{Nihongo||殺せない|korosenai|{{lit|unkillable}}}} and {{Nihongo||先生|sensei|{{lit|teacher}}}}|group=Jp.}}, before his imposed deadline of the end of the school year, and are granted specialized weapons developed by the government that can kill him; further, Koro-sensei is forbidden from harming the students in any capacity. In addition to teaching them regular subjects, Koro-sensei also teaches them the ways of assassination so that they can kill him in the future. The Japanese government promises a reward of {{JPY|10 billion}} (around $65 million) to whoever among the students succeeds in killing Koro-sensei. However, this proves to be a virtually impossible task not only due to his superpowers and death anxiety, but because he is also the best teacher they could ask for, helping them to improve their grades, individual skills, and prospects for the future. As time goes on, the situation gets even more complicated as other assassins come after Koro-sensei's life, some coveting the reward, others for personal reasons. The students eventually learn the secrets involving him, the Moon's destruction, his ties with their previous homeroom teacher, and the true reason why he must be killed before the end of the school year.
Media
=Manga=
{{Main|List of Assassination Classroom chapters{{!}}List of Assassination Classroom chapters}}
Assassination Classroom, written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui, was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 2, 2012,{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-20/neuro-manga-matsui-to-launch-ansatsu-kyoshitsu-series|title=Neuro Manga's Matsui to Launch Ansatsu Kyōshitsu Series|website=Anime News Network|date=June 20, 2012|access-date=July 2, 2014|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506204023/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-20/neuro-manga-matsui-to-launch-ansatsu-kyoshitsu-series|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ネウロ」の松井優征がジャンプ新連載＆「magico」最終回|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/72161|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 30, 2021|language=ja|date=July 2, 2012|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903212744/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/72161|url-status=live}} to March 16, 2016.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-18/assassination-classroom-manga-to-end-in-5-chapters/.98814|title=Assassination Classroom Manga to End in 5 Chapters|website=Anime News Network|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=March 18, 2016|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008194622/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-18/assassination-classroom-manga-to-end-in-5-chapters/.98814|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「暗殺教室」殺せんせーからの「卒業テスト」で松井優征サイン色紙ゲット|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/181106|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 30, 2021|language=ja|date=March 25, 2016|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903212736/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/181106|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its 180 chapters in twenty-one {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from November 2, 2012,{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870596-5|script-title=ja:暗殺教室 1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 30, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903212735/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870596-5|url-status=live}} and July 4, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880727-0|script-title=ja:暗殺教室 21|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 30, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903212735/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880727-0|url-status=live}} A VOMIC (voiced comic) version, which added voice clips to the manga pages, was featured on the Sakiyomi Jan Bang! variety show between January and June 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://vomic.shueisha.co.jp/ansatsu/|script-title=ja:『暗殺教室』 集英社ヴォイスコミックステーション-VOMIC-|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504113503/http://vomic.shueisha.co.jp/ansatsu/|archive-date=May 4, 2013|url-status=dead}} In North America, the series was licensed for English release by Viz Media.{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-04/viz-adds-assassination-classroom-resident-evil-manga|title=Viz Adds Assassination Classroom, Resident Evil Manga|date=March 4, 2014|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 2, 2014|archive-date=April 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410084410/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-04/viz-adds-assassination-classroom-resident-evil-manga|url-status=live}} The twenty-one volumes were released between December 2, 2014,{{cite web|title=Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/assassination-classroom-volume-1/product/3653|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 30, 2021}} and April 3, 2018.{{cite web|title=Assassination Classroom, Vol. 21|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/assassination-classroom-volume-21/product/5460|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 30, 2021}}
A spin-off manga, titled Koro Sensei Quest, written and illustrated by Kizuku Watanabe and Jō Aoto, was serialized in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine from October 2, 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-27/assassination-classroom-gets-spinoff-manga-series/.93454|title=Assassination Classroom Gets Spinoff Manga Series|date=September 27, 2015|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 27, 2015|archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328093441/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-27/assassination-classroom-gets-spinoff-manga-series/.93454|url-status=live}} to October 4, 2019.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Koro Teacher Quest! Spinoff Manga Ends|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-05/koro-teacher-quest-spinoff-manga-ends/.151904|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 5, 2019|date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213319/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-05/koro-teacher-quest-spinoff-manga-ends/.151904|url-status=live}}
=Anime=
{{See also|List of Assassination Classroom episodes{{!}}List of Assassination Classroom episodes}}
An original video animation (OVA) based on the series was produced by Brain's Base for the Jump Super Anime Tour and shown at five Japanese cities between October 6 and November 24, 2013.{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-07/assassination-classroom-anime-1st-visual-revealed|title=Assassination Classroom Anime's 1st Visual Revealed|website=Anime News Network|date=August 7, 2013|access-date=December 6, 2014|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306202311/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-07/assassination-classroom-anime-1st-visual-revealed|url-status=live}} It was bundled with the seventh volume of the manga, released on December 27, 2013.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「暗殺教室」7巻、修学旅行編を描いたアニメDVD同梱版も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/106719|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427224617/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/106719|archive-date=April 27, 2021|language=ja|date=December 27, 2013|url-status=live}}
An anime television series based on the manga began airing on Fuji TV from January 9, 2015, and ran for 22 episodes.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-09/assassination-classroom-anime-to-air-late-friday-nights-in-january/.76475|title=Assassination Classroom Anime to Air Late Friday Nights in January|website=Anime News Network|date=July 9, 2014|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-date=June 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610214529/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-09/assassination-classroom-anime-to-air-late-friday-nights-in-january/.76475|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-09/assassination-classroom-teacher-videos-22-episode-length-posted/.83087|title=Assassination Classroom's Teacher Videos, 22-Episode Length Posted|website=Anime News Network|date=January 9, 2014|access-date=January 10, 2014|archive-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206172907/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-09/assassination-classroom-teacher-videos-22-episode-length-posted/.83087|url-status=live}} The anime television series was directed by Seiji Kishi at Lerche, with Kazuki Morita as character designer and Makoto Uezu as the lead scriptwriter.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-25/persona-4-seiji-kishi-helms-assassination-classroom-anime-at-lerche/.75928|title=Persona 4's Seiji Kishi Helms Assassination Classroom at Lerche|website=Anime News Network|date=June 15, 2014|access-date=June 25, 2014|archive-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609021644/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-25/persona-4-seiji-kishi-helms-assassination-classroom-anime-at-lerche/.75928|url-status=live}} An OVA episode was included on the first BD/DVD volume released on March 27, 2015, following a screening at Jump Special Anime Fest in November 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-25/assassination-classroom-blu-ray-dvds-to-bundle-event-anime/.85366|title=Assassination Classroom Blu-ray/DVDs to Bundle Event Anime|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526212906/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-25/assassination-classroom-blu-ray-dvds-to-bundle-event-anime/.85366|url-status=live}} The anime had been licensed by Funimation, who simulcast the series as it aired and began a broadcast dub version from February 18, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-18/funimation-to-stream-assassination-classroom-anime/.82350|title=Funimation to Stream Assassination Classroom Anime|website=Anime News Network|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219035311/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-18/funimation-to-stream-assassination-classroom-anime/.82350|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-13/funimation-dubs-assassination-classroom-death-parade-tokyo-ghoul-a-7-more-winter-shows/.84440|title=Funimation Dubs Assassination Classroom, Death Parade, Tokyo Ghoul √A, 7 More Winter Shows|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623130547/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-13/funimation-dubs-assassination-classroom-death-parade-tokyo-ghoul-a-7-more-winter-shows/.84440|url-status=live}} Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.{{cite web|title=UPDATE: Funimation Titles Now Available on Crunchyroll (3/16)|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-titles-now-available-on-crunchyroll|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 1, 2022|access-date=March 21, 2022|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322050729/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-titles-now-available-on-crunchyroll|url-status=live}} The first opening theme is {{Nihongo foot|"Seishun Satsubatsu-ron"|青春サツバツ論|{{lit|Youth Murder Theory}}|group=Jp.|post=,}} while the second opening theme is {{Nihongo foot|"Jiriki Hongan Revolution"|自力本願レボリューション|{{lit|Self-Reliance Original Wish Revolution}}|post=;|group=Jp.}} both are performed by {{Nihongo foot|3-nen E-gumi Utatan|3年E組うた担||group=Jp.}}, a 5-member group consisting of the characters Nagisa Shiota (Mai Fuchigami), Karma Akabane (Nobuhiko Okamoto), Kaede Kayano (Aya Suzaki), Yūma Isogai (Ryota Osaka), and Hiroto Maehara (Shintaro Asanuma). The two openings were released as singles on February 18 and May 27 respectively. The ending theme is "Hello, shooting star" by Moumoon.
The second season of the anime began airing on January 7, 2016, and ran for 25 episodes.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-12-13/2nd-assassination-classroom-season-new-visual-revealed-25-episode-count-listed/.96483|title=2nd Assassination Classroom Season's New Visual Revealed, 25-Episode Count Listed|website=Anime News Network|date=December 13, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2020|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213344/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-12-13/2nd-assassination-classroom-season-new-visual-revealed-25-episode-count-listed/.96483|url-status=live}} The third opening theme is "Question" and the fourth is {{Nihongo foot|"Bye Bye Yesterday"|バイバイ YESTERDAY|group=Jp.}} by {{Nihongo foot|3-nen E-gumi Utatan|3年E組うた担||group=Jp.|post=,}} with singles released on February 24 and May 25 respectively. The second ending theme is {{Nihongo foot|"Kaketa Tsuki"|欠けた月|{{lit|Waning Moon}}|group=Jp.}} and the third is {{Nihongo foot|"Mata Kimi ni Aeru hi"|また君に会える日|{{lit|Until the day we can see you again}}|group=Jp.}} by Shion Miyawaki. Anime Limited has licensed both seasons in the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-27/anime-limited-acquires-assasination-classroom-and-new-k/.93452|title=Anime Limited Acquires {{sic|Assas|ination|nolink=y}} Classroom and New K|website=Anime News Network|date=September 27, 2015|access-date=September 27, 2015|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213236/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-27/anime-limited-acquires-assasination-classroom-and-new-k/.93452|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-28/anime-limited-acquisitions/.108220|title=Anime Limited Acquisitions|website=Anime News Network|date=October 27, 2016|access-date=October 27, 2016|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213250/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-28/anime-limited-acquisitions/.108220|url-status=live}}
On June 30, 2016, two anime films were announced: Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days and Koro Sensei Quest!. Both aired on November 19, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/assassination-classroom-koro-sensei-q-manga-get-theatrical-anime-films-in-november/.103792|title=Assassination Classroom, Koro-sensei Q! Manga Get Theatrical Anime Films in November|website=Anime News Network|date=June 30, 2016|access-date=January 24, 2020|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508043627/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/assassination-classroom-koro-sensei-q-manga-get-theatrical-anime-films-in-november/.103792|url-status=live}}
Adult Swim's Toonami programming block began broadcasting Funimation's English dub of the anime starting on August 30, 2020.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-20/assassination-classroom-anime-premieres-on-toonami-on-august-29/.163142|title=Assassination Classroom Anime Premieres on Toonami on August 29|website=Anime News Network|date=August 20, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2020|quote=Assassination Classroom will join the Saturday night lineup starting on August 29. The show will air at 1:00 a.m. EDT (effectively, August 30)|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213753/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-20/assassination-classroom-anime-premieres-on-toonami-on-august-29/.163142|url-status=live}}
==Singles==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| JPN {{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/639496/|script-title=ja:3年E組うた担(渚&茅野&業&磯貝&前原)|language=ja|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214164451/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/639496/|archive-date=December 14, 2021|url-status=live}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Seishun Satsubatsuron"
| rowspan="2"| 2015 | 26 | rowspan="4"| Non-album singles |
| scope="row"| "Jiriki Hongan Revolution"
| 37 |
| scope="row"| "Question"
| rowspan="2"| 2016 | 46 |
| scope="row"| "Bye Bye Yesterday"
| 49 |
=Film=
{{Main|Assassination Classroom (film){{!}}Assassination Classroom (film)|Assassination Classroom: Graduation{{!}}Assassination Classroom: Graduation}}
A live-action film was released in Japan on March 21, 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-23/assassination-classroom-manga-gets-tv-anime-and-live-action-film/.75871|title=Assassination Classroom Manga Gets TV Anime & Live-Action Film|website=Anime News Network|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=August 7, 2014|archive-date=March 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323232352/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-23/assassination-classroom-manga-gets-tv-anime-and-live-action-film/.75871|url-status=live}} with Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada as the main character, and Arashi's Kazunari Ninomiya voicing the tentacled teacher Koro sensei.{{Cite web|date=March 28, 2015|title=山田涼介、"ふだんの二宮和也"のモノマネを披露！|url=https://eiga.com/news/20150328/13/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204102514/https://eiga.com/news/20150328/13/|archive-date=December 4, 2023|access-date=December 4, 2023|website=Eiga.com|language=ja}} It opened at number one on the Japanese box office with $3.42 million and as of April 5, 2015, has grossed over $20 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/japan-box-office-birdman-opens-788304|title=Japan Box Office: 'Birdman' Opens in Sixth Spot in Limited Release|author=Gavin J. Blair|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=(Prometheus Global Media)|date=April 13, 2015|access-date=April 13, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304005301/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/japan-box-office-birdman-opens-788304|url-status=live}} It was the tenth highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with {{JPY|2.77 billion}} ({{USD|23 million}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-01/top-10-grossing-domestic-japanese-films-of-2015-listed/.97030|title=Top 10 Grossing Domestic Japanese Films of 2015 Listed|date=January 1, 2016|access-date=January 1, 2016|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329154533/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-01/top-10-grossing-domestic-japanese-films-of-2015-listed/.97030|url-status=live}} A second film, titled Assassination Classroom: Graduation, was released on March 25, 2016,{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-24/assassination-classroom-gets-2nd-anime-season-sequel-live-action-film/.87477|title=Assassination Classroom Gets 2nd Anime Season, Sequel Live-Action Film|website=Anime News Network|date=April 24, 2015|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627091809/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-24/assassination-classroom-gets-2nd-anime-season-sequel-live-action-film/.87477|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://eiga.com/movie/82940/|script-title=ja: 暗殺教室 卒業編|access-date=March 29, 2016|work=Eiga.com|language=ja|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619065221/https://eiga.com/movie/82940/|url-status=live}} with most of the cast from the original appearing.{{Cite web|date=March 30, 2020|script-title=ja:『暗殺教室～卒業編～』地上波初＆本編ノーカット！キャストが豪華すぎ！|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0114899|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204104339/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0114899|archive-date=December 4, 2023|access-date=December 4, 2023|website=Cinema Today|language=ja}}
=Video games=
A video game based on the series, {{Nihongo foot|Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei|暗殺教室 殺せんせー大包囲網!!|Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Koro-sensei Dai Hōimō|group=Jp.|post=,}} was developed by Bandai Namco Games and released on Nintendo 3DS in Japan on March 12, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-15/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-3rd-promo-video-previews-gameplay/.85020|title=Assassination Classroom 3DS Game's 3rd Promo Video Previews Gameplay|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506140429/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-15/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-3rd-promo-video-previews-gameplay/.85020|url-status=live}} In January of the same year, Bandai Namco also announced a mobile game based on the Assassination Classroom series, titled {{Nihongo foot|Assassination Classroom: Enclosure Time.|暗殺教室 囲い込みの時間|Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Kakoikomi no Jikan|group=Jp.}} The mobile game released later the same year.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-13/assassination-classroom-3ds-smartphone-games-previewed-in-tv-ads/.83193|title=Assassination Classroom 3DS, Smartphone Games Previewed in TV Ads|website=Anime News Network|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213938/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-13/assassination-classroom-3ds-smartphone-games-previewed-in-tv-ads/.83193|url-status=live}} A sequel to the 3DS game, {{Nihongo foot|Assassination Classroom: Assassin Raising Project!!|暗殺教室 アサシン育成計画!!|Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Assassin Ikusei Keikaku!!|group=Jp.|post=,}} was released by Bandai Namco for the Nintendo 3DS on March 24, 2016, exclusively in Japan.{{cite web|last=Blyden|first=Jabulani|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-20/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-1st-gameplay-video-streamed/.99899|title=Assassination Classroom 3DS Game's 1st Gameplay Video Streamed|website=Anime News Network|date=March 20, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213756/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-20/assassination-classroom-3ds-game-1st-gameplay-video-streamed/.99899|url-status=live}}
Koro-sensei appears as a playable character in J-Stars Victory VS, originally released in Japan for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on March 19, 2014, with an international version, J-Stars Victory VS+, released for PS3, PS Vita, and PlayStation 4 in June 2015.{{cite web|last=Lee Hale|first=Daryl|title=Shonen Jump's J-Stars Victory VS+ English Video Features Gintama, Assassination Classroom|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-10/shonen-jump-j-stars-victory-vs-english-video-features-gintama-assassination-classroom/.86997|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 28, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031193107/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-10/shonen-jump-j-stars-victory-vs-english-video-features-gintama-assassination-classroom/.86997|archive-date=October 31, 2023|date=April 10, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=J-Stars Victory VS+ "Mashup" Trailer Shows Shonen Jump Characters in Action|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-29/j-stars-victory-vs-mashup-trailer-shows-shonen-jump-characters-in-action/.88676|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 28, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027000122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-29/j-stars-victory-vs-mashup-trailer-shows-shonen-jump-characters-in-action/.88676|archive-date=October 27, 2021|date=May 29, 2015|url-status=live}}
Reception
=Manga=
==Sales==
By May 2013, over one million copies of the first volume were printed,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-14/kuroko-basketball-assassination-classroom-1st-books-each-top-1-million-copies-in-print|title=Kuroko's Basketball, Assassination Classroom's 1st Books Each Top 2 Million Copies in Print|date=May 14, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223033427/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-14/kuroko-basketball-assassination-classroom-1st-books-each-top-1-million-copies-in-print|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20130513dyo00m200019000c.html|script-title=ja:暗殺教室:コミックス1巻が半年で100万部 異例の大台突破－ 毎日jp(毎日新聞)|date=May 13, 2013|work=Mainichi Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=May 15, 2013}} and individual volumes frequently appeared on the lists of best-selling manga in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-08/japanese-comic-ranking-april-28-may-4|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, April 28–May 4|date=May 8, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817035922/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-08/japanese-comic-ranking-april-28-may-4|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-10/japanese-comic-ranking-june-30-july-6|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, July 1–7|date=July 10, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 4, 2013|archive-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217082251/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-10/japanese-comic-ranking-june-30-july-6|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-15/japanese-comic-ranking-may-5-11|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, May 6–12|date=May 15, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 4, 2013|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706023135/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-15/japanese-comic-ranking-may-5-11|url-status=live}} Volumes 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, and 6 placed 26th, 32nd, 36th, 37th, 41st, and 50th respectively on the list of the best-selling manga volumes of 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2013|date=December 1, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 11, 2013|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202061810/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|url-status=live}} making it the seventh best-selling manga series in Japan of 2013 with 4,595,820 copies sold.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2013|date=December 1, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 11, 2013|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202043338/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|url-status=live}} By September 2016, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2016/09/27/43747.html|script-title=ja:山本舞香、ワイヤーアクションで華麗に成長!?『暗殺教室～卒業編～』メイキング公開|website=Cinemacafe|date=September 27, 2016|access-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018151247/https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2016/09/27/43747.html|archive-date=October 18, 2016|url-status=live|language=ja}} By October 2023, it had over 27 million copies in circulation.{{cite web|last=Yamada|first=Miki|script-title=ja:『暗殺教室』、『ネウロ』の松井優征先生がデビュー20周年! 最高のラストを作り出す演出とは？|url=https://manga.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/special/1566078.html|website=Manga Watch|publisher={{ill|Impress Corporation|ja|インプレス}}|access-date=March 8, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250308002833/https://manga.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/special/1566078.html|archive-date=March 8, 2025|language=ja|date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live}}
==Accolades==
Assassination Classroom ranked first in "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-04/japanese-bookstores-recommend-15-top-manga-of-2013|title=Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga of 2013|date=February 4, 2013|access-date=September 4, 2013|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=October 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008082551/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-04/japanese-bookstores-recommend-15-top-manga-of-2013|url-status=live}} It was nominated for the 6th Manga Taishō.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-21/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-wins-6th-manga-taisho-award|title=Akimi Yoshida's Umimachi Diary Wins 6th Manga Taisho Award|date=March 21, 2013|access-date=September 4, 2013|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=October 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008071935/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-21/akimi-yoshida-umimachi-diary-wins-6th-manga-taisho-award|url-status=live}} It placed second in male-oriented comics category on the list of "Book of the Year" by Media Factory and manga news magazine Da Vinci.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-08/da-vinci-magazine-lists-top-manga-in-1st-half-of-2013|title=Da Vinci Magazine Lists Top Manga in 1st Half of 2013|date=June 8, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 4, 2013|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731164135/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-08/da-vinci-magazine-lists-top-manga-in-1st-half-of-2013|url-status=live}} Nippon Shuppan Hanbai elected it the best work of 2013 in their "Recommended Comic Books Across the Country Clerk's Choice".{{cite web|url=http://www.nippan.co.jp/news/2013/0204.html|script-title=ja:日販「全国書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2013」発表|date=February 4, 2013|publisher=Nippan|access-date=December 11, 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619193320/http://www.nippan.co.jp/news/2013/0204.html|archive-date=June 19, 2013|url-status=dead}} It ranked first on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey by Takarajimasha.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-09/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2014-voters|title=Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters|date=December 9, 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 11, 2013|archive-date=May 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508113757/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-09/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2014-voters|url-status=live}} In February 2015, Asahi Shimbun announced that Assassination Classroom was one of nine nominees for the nineteenth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-23/19th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.85311|title= 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced|date= 23 March 2015|access-date= 24 March 2015|website= Anime News Network|archive-date= March 22, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150322104035/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-23/19th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.85311|url-status= live}} It was nominated for the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia in the 2016 Eisner Award.{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/19/2016-eisner-awards-the-oscars-of-comics-announces-record-number-of-nominations-for-women/|title=2016 Eisner Awards: 'The Oscars of comics' announces record number of nominations for women|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 19, 2016|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808093043/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/19/2016-eisner-awards-the-oscars-of-comics-announces-record-number-of-nominations-for-women/|url-status=live}} On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Assassination Classroom ranked 51st.{{cite web |last1=Loveridge |first1=Lynzee |title=TV Asahi Announces Top 100 Manga Voted on By 150,000 Readers |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-05/tv-asahi-announces-top-100-manga-voted-on-by-150000-readers/.168145 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=January 11, 2023 |date=January 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126212008/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-05/tv-asahi-announces-top-100-manga-voted-on-by-150000-readers/.168145 |url-status=live}}
==Controversies==
In 2023, the manga was removed from American school libraries—for example, at Gifford Middle School, Florida, and at the Elmbrook School District, Wisconsin—due to its depiction of violence, especially gun violence and towards teachers. The series was also challenged on the basis of its sexually explicit imagery by the Citizens Defending Freedom organization, politician Tim Anderson, and a parent who expressed their concern about the "sexualization of minors".{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-12/assassination-classroom-manga-removed-from-florida-wisconsin-school-libraries/.197003|title=Assassination Classroom Manga Removed From Florida, Wisconsin School Libraries|last1=Cayanan|first1=Joanna|last2=Loo|first2=Egan|date=April 12, 2023|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 12, 2023|archive-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903213805/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-12/assassination-classroom-manga-removed-from-florida-wisconsin-school-libraries/.197003|url-status=live}} In 2024, the Horry County Schools school district removed copies of the manga from its school libraries after the mother of a ninth grader at Socastee High School complained to the district regarding the series' content.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Assassination Classroom Manga Under Review in South Carolina School District|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-02/assassination-classroom-manga-under-review-in-south-carolina-school-district/.216247|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002162122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-02/assassination-classroom-manga-under-review-in-south-carolina-school-district/.216247|archive-date=October 2, 2024|date=October 2, 2024|url-status=live}}
=Anime=
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In November 2019, Polygon named Assassination Classroom as one of the best anime of the 2010s.{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/6/20948241/best-new-anime-of-the-decade-2010s|title=The best anime of the decade|website=Polygon|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=January 24, 2020|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220154644/https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/6/20948241/best-new-anime-of-the-decade-2010s|url-status=live}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/ansatsu.html|Official manga website at Weekly Shōnen Jump}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/assassination-classroom|Official manga website at Viz Media}}
- {{Official website|http://www.ansatsu-anime.com/|Official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
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