50 Fun Facts About Akame Ga Kill!

Who wrote the Akame ga Kill! manga?

He came to manga from visual novels, having founded the studio behind Majikoi ~ Oh! Samurai Girls.

Who illustrated the original Akame ga Kill! manga?

The writer chose him for his fast-paced action panels and, by his own admission, his ability to draw cute girls.

Which publisher released the manga in Japan?

The same company behind Final Fantasy also publishes Fullmetal Alchemist and Soul Eater through its Gangan magazines.

In which magazine was the manga serialized?

The prequel and spin-off ran in a sister magazine, Monthly Big Gangan.

In which year did the manga begin serialization?

It ran for more than six years, wrapping in December 2016, a full two years after the anime had already ended the story its own way.

How many tankōbon volumes collect the main manga?

A volume 1.5, originally bundled with the anime's home video release, was later published on its own.

Why does Tatsumi travel to the Capital at the start of the story?

He is swindled almost immediately on arrival, then taken in by a noble family with a torture chamber in the shed.

Which studio animated the Akame ga Kill! anime?

The studio is also known for Steins;Gate and Re:Zero, and its production values were singled out in early reviews.

How many episodes does the anime have?

It aired across two cours in a single year, which is why the second half had a new opening and ending.

In which year did the anime air in Japan?

It ran from July to December, outpacing the manga and inventing its own ending as a result.

Who illustrated the prequel manga Akame ga Kill! Zero?

The prequel follows Akame's years as an assassin for the Empire and ran to ten volumes.

What is the title of the spin-off manga illustrated by Strelka?

Its story and cast are unrelated to the original; Akame appears only as a side character.

Which company licensed the manga in North America?

All seven of its first English volumes made The New York Times Manga Best Sellers list.

Which company licensed the anime for North America?

Its status as one of that licensor's titles is why the show vanished from a major streaming service in 2022.

Roughly how many copies of the manga were in circulation by September 2020?

The main series and prequel combined had passed 3.3 million four years earlier.

In the anime's English terms, what are the Teigu called?

They were forged centuries earlier from rare materials and the remains of mythical creatures, and a duel between two users always ends in a death.

Which capital enforcer kills Sheele?

Sheele's last act is a blinding flash from her Trump Card, which lets a wounded Mine escape.

Which Teigu does Tatsumi inherit after Bulat's death?

Bulat hands it over in his final moments, having judged Tatsumi the one who could take the armor to another level.

Who is Akame's younger sister, a member of the Jaegers?

The sisters were sold to the Empire as children and split into different assassination divisions.

Who leads the brutal Wild Hunt formed by Prime Minister Honest?

He is Honest's son, and his atrocities end up provoking the Jaegers as much as Night Raid.

Who captures Prime Minister Honest in the manga's final battle?

Mortally wounded, she fuses with what is left of her Teigu to do it, then dies on the street where she first met Tatsumi.

Where does Tatsumi retreat with Mine at the end of the manga?

Permanently transformed by his armor, he leaves with Mine, who is carrying their child, a far softer ending than the anime's.

What was the writer's original 2007 concept for the series?

The captive boy forced to work for them became Tatsumi, and the band became the mixed-gender Night Raid.

Who composed the anime's music?

He is also the composer behind Gurren Lagann and Rurouni Kenshin's anime scores.

What is the anime's first opening theme?

Sora Amamiya, Akame's voice actress, sang it, then returned to perform the second ending theme.

On which US programming block did the anime premiere in 2015?

The premiere drew over 1.8 million viewers, one of the most-watched programs in the block's history.

Which streaming service removed the series on March 31, 2022?

Several titles from the same licensor left the platform after Sony Pictures Television bought it.

Tatsumi's inherited armor was created from the flesh of which Danger Beast?

The beast's adaptive ability lets the armor evolve, which is also what eventually starts consuming its wearer.

What is the name of Akame's poison-bladed katana?

Its full title is One Slice Kill, and a single cut is fatal, which is why Esdeath amputates her own arm after it is nicked.

Which katana did Akame use before acquiring her poison blade?

It was a Shingu, a lesser tier of weapon, whose wounds never heal.

Mine's Teigu, a gun that fires spirit energy, is called what?

Its shots grow stronger the more danger and emotion she is feeling, which makes her deadliest when cornered.

What everyday object is the Teigu Lionel?

Bought on the black market, it transforms its wearer into a lion-eared brawler with enhanced senses and regeneration.

What form does Sheele's Teigu, Extase, take?

The giant blades can sever almost anything, which sits oddly with her clumsiness at cooking and cleaning.

What cover identity does Lubbock use in the Capital?

His unremarkable presence on missions lets him roam freely, spinning his string Teigu into traps and weapons.

What nickname did Bulat earn as an Imperial officer?

He defected when his superior was framed for refusing to aid the prime minister, and later died fighting that same superior.

What is the name of Najenda's biological Teigu who joins Night Raid?

Built as a VIP bodyguard, he also cooks, cleans and does construction, and only woke because Najenda reminded him of his previous user.

Which assassin is almost always seen sucking on a lollipop?

Her cosmetics-box Teigu lets her take any appearance, so she kills up close with acupuncture needles.

What element does Esdeath control thanks to Demon's Extract?

She drank the blood of a Danger Beast to get the power and used it to entomb an entire rebel village in the north.

What does Esdeath's Trump Card allow her to do momentarily?

She first reveals it to kill Night Raid's biological Teigu, and promises to remember him as a warrior rather than a mere weapon.

Where does Esdeath first become obsessed with Tatsumi?

He later tries to talk her into joining the revolution and gives up only after hearing her life story.

Akame's sister wields Yatsufusa, a katana that turns its victims into what?

The corpses keep the skills they had in life, and her addiction to drugs disguised as sweets fuels her cruelty.

How many creatures can Yatsufusa control at once?

The name is a nod to the eight dog warriors of the classic Japanese epic Nansō Satomi Hakkenden.

What is the nickname of the dog-like biological Teigu Hecatoncheir?

It can balloon into a monster in Berserk mode and regenerates as long as its core survives.

Before joining the Jaegers, Wave served in which branch of the Empire's forces?

The former fisherman later becomes the first person able to wield two Teigu at once, at serious cost to his organs.

Who leads the Three Beasts, Esdeath's elite Teigu users?

Framed as a war criminal for refusing bribes, he swore loyalty to Esdeath after she freed him from prison.

Which Teigu is a ring that controls any liquid its user has touched?

Its wielder ends a stalemate with Bulat by poisoning his own blood and firing it as blades, killing them both.

Nyau's Teigu, Scream, is what kind of instrument?

It manipulates emotions to weaken enemies and strengthen allies; Nyau himself becomes Tatsumi's first kill in his new armor.

Which Teigu does Honest convince the Emperor to activate as the capital falls?

Honest secretly rigs the giant weapon to go berserk, and Tatsumi's final transformation is spent bringing it down.

Akame trained as one of the Elite Seven assassins under whom?

The prequel manga covers those years, and her poison katana originally belonged to this mentor.

What does Najenda lose in her failed confrontation with Esdeath?

She fought with the gun Teigu later carried by Mine, then defected to build Night Raid with a cyborg arm and an eyepatch.