50 Fun Facts About Akame Ga Kill!

Who wrote the Akame ga Kill! manga?

Takahiro was a visual-novel writer with his own game studio; asked for a manga in 2007, he held it back until the studio had shipped its second game, Majikoi, in 2009.

Who illustrated the original Akame ga Kill! manga?

Tetsuya Tashiro was recruited in 2009; in the first volume's afterword the writer says he picked him for his eye-catching action scenes and because he draws cute girls.

Which publisher released the Akame ga Kill! manga in Japan?

Square Enix is best known for the Final Fantasy games, but its manga arm also published Fullmetal Alchemist and Soul Eater.

In which magazine was the Akame ga Kill! manga serialized?

Monthly Gangan Joker, launched in 2009, is officially a shōnen magazine aimed at teenage boys, despite the torture and gore this series became known for.

Besides Akame, which Night Raid member survives the anime's ending?

Najenda and Akame are the only two left alive: the anime overtook the unfinished manga and wrote an ending of its own, killing even Tatsumi, who survives in print.

Which seemingly kind noble girl takes Tatsumi in on his first night in the Capital?

Aria seems an angel until Night Raid attacks her home and shows Tatsumi what her family does to travelers from the countryside, his two friends among them.

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

To raise money for his village he plans to enlist in the army, but he is turned away, swindled out of his savings and taken in by a noble family with a dark secret.

Which studio animated the Akame ga Kill! anime?

White Fox, the studio behind Steins;Gate and later Re:Zero, animated all 24 episodes, with the manga's own writer supervising the scripts.

What does kiru mean in Akame ga Kill!'s Japanese title?

Slash, or more exactly kill with a blade, is what kiru means; the English title swaps the verb for the sound-alike word Kill.

Who voices Akame in the Japanese anime?

Sora Amamiya was two years into her career when she was cast in 2014, and the part came with a second job: she sang the show's first opening theme as her music debut.

Who illustrated the Akame ga Kill! prequel manga, Zero?

Kei Toru drew the prequel, which follows Akame's years as an assassin for the Empire, before she changes sides and joins the rebels.

What is the title of the Akame ga Kill! spin-off manga illustrated by Strelka?

Hinowa ga Crush! moves the action to a distant eastern country, Wakoku, with a new heroine; from the original cast only Akame returns, as a side character.

Which company licensed the Akame ga Kill! manga in North America?

Yen Press began its edition in 2015, after the anime had already finished the story with an ending of its own, so English readers met the manga's real ending years later.

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.

Lubbock's Teigu, Cross Tail, lets him fight and set traps using what?

Threads are all Cross Tail is, yet Lubbock uses them to kill the prime minister's own son in his final fight.

In the English version of Akame ga Kill!, what are the Teigu called?

Imperial Arms is the literal meaning of Teigu: relics forged from rare materials and the remains of Danger Beasts, so strong that when two wielders fight, one of them must die.

Which capital enforcer kills Sheele?

Seryu paralyzes Sheele with a hidden gun so that her Teigu can finish the job; Sheele's last act is a blinding flash that lets her wounded partner escape.

Which Teigu does Tatsumi inherit after Bulat's death?

Incursio is handed over by the dying Bulat, who had judged that Tatsumi could take the armor further than he ever had.

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

Kurome and Akame were sold to the Empire as children and split into separate assassin squads; when Akame defected, each sister vowed to be the one to kill the other.

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

Syura is Honest's own son, and Wild Hunt's atrocities are so vile that they turn the Empire's own Jaegers against it as well as Night Raid.

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

Leone, shot and left for dead, fuses with what is left of her Teigu to catch the fleeing Honest, then dies smiling on the street where she first met Tatsumi.

In the manga's ending, which Night Raid member wakes from a coma to marry Tatsumi and have his child?

Mine collapses after spending the last of her strength to kill a general, wakes carrying Tatsumi's child and settles down with him far from the Capital; in the anime, neither of them survives.

What was the original 2007 concept for Akame ga Kill!?

An all-female band of assassins was the pitch, with a boy they capture and force to work for them as the hero; the Night Raid that reached print has men in its ranks.

Who composed the Akame ga Kill! anime's music?

Taku Iwasaki, the composer of Gurren Lagann, was a familiar hire: he had already scored Katanagatari and Jormungand for the same animation studio.

What is the first opening theme of the Akame ga Kill! anime?

Skyreach was sung by the voice of Akame herself as her music debut; "Liar Mask" replaced it for the anime's second half.

The Akame ga Kill! dub premiered in the US in August 2015 on which anime outlet?

Toonami's premiere drew more than 1.8 million viewers, which the show's licensor announced as the most-watched series premiere in the block's history.

Which streaming service removed Akame ga Kill! on March 31, 2022?

Crunchyroll dropped it with dozens of other shows that day, months after Sony's Funimation had bought the service; most of them were by then streaming on rival HIDIVE.

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

Tyrant was a dragon-like Danger Beast so powerful that its flesh is still alive inside the armor, which lets it evolve with its wearer and, in time, begin to consume him.

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

Murasame kills with a single cut, its poison curse spreading in seconds, which is why Esdeath hacks off her own arm the moment the blade nicks it.

Which former Imperial executioner turned serial killer hunts the Capital at night with a mind-reading Teigu?

Zank the Beheader was driven mad by the voices of the people he had executed; when Akame finally cuts him down, he thanks her for freeing him from them.

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

Pumpkin fires harder the more danger its user is in, which makes Mine deadliest precisely when she is cornered.

What everyday object is the beast-transforming Teigu Lionel in Akame ga Kill!?

A belt bought on the black market, Lionel turns its wearer into a lion-like brawler with sharpened senses and wounds that heal themselves.

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

A pair of scissors, giant ones, that can cut through almost anything: an odd weapon for an assassin so clumsy she is kept away from the cooking and cleaning.

What cover identity does Lubbock use in the Capital?

Owner of a book-lending shop is a cover that works because he is so unremarkable on missions that nobody knows his face, leaving him free to roam the Capital.

What nickname did Bulat earn as an Imperial officer?

One-Hundred Killer Bulat, also rendered 100 Man-Slayer, defected when his commander was framed for defying the prime minister, and later died fighting that same commander.

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

Susanoo lay dormant until he met Najenda, who reminded him of his last master, a general; built as a bodyguard, he also cooks, cleans and does construction.

Which Akame ga Kill! assassin is almost always seen sucking on a lollipop?

Chelsea's cosmetics-box Teigu lets her take any shape, so she walks right up to her targets in disguise and kills them with a needle.

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

Ice is the power she gained by drinking a Danger Beast's blood, and she used it to conquer the tribes of the north before she was called back to the Capital.

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

Freeze time is what she does to kill Night Raid's living Teigu, promising afterwards to remember him as a warrior rather than a weapon.

Where does Esdeath first become obsessed with Tatsumi?

At a fighting tournament she is overseeing, his skill and confident smile win her over on the spot; she snaps a collar on the champion and drags him home.

In Akame ga Kill!, the katana Yatsufusa turns the people and beasts it kills into what?

Undead puppets: Yatsufusa can raise up to eight of its victims at once, and each keeps the fighting skills it had in life.

Which masked Jaeger wields a flamethrower Teigu?

Bols burns villages for the Empire yet is gentle at home; he dies because he stops to bandage the leg of a girl who is really a Night Raid assassin in disguise.

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

Koro looks like a small pet dog until he is ordered to fight, when he swells into a towering monster that regrows anything as long as his core survives.

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

The navy veteran from a small coastal town later becomes the first person to wield two Teigu at once, at a price: one of his organs never recovers.

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

Liver was a general jailed on false charges after defying the prime minister; Esdeath freed him, and he repaid her with absolute loyalty.

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

Black Marlin lets its wielder break a stalemate with Bulat in the grimmest way: he poisons his own blood and fires it as blades, a move that kills them both.

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

A flute whose melody saps enemies' will and strengthens allies, Scream cannot save Nyau: he becomes Tatsumi's first kill in his newly inherited armor.

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

Shikoutazer, called Primus Imperator in the English dub, is a colossal armor only the Emperor can pilot; Honest secretly rigs it to go berserk, and Tatsumi's final transformation brings it down.

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

Gozuki raised the Elite Seven as his adopted children in the prequel manga, and the poison katana Akame carries was once his own.

What does Najenda lose in her failed confrontation with Esdeath?

An arm and an eye were the price of turning on Esdeath; the former general now leads Night Raid with a mechanical arm and an eyepatch, her old gun Teigu passed on to a younger sniper.