Anime “The Fable” episode 1 synopsis and advance scene photos released!

The first episode synopsis and preliminary scene photos of the anime “The Fable” scheduled to start broadcasting on Saturday, April 6, 2024 have been released.

“The Fable” is serialized in “Young Magazine” by Katsuhisa Minami. In 2019 and 2021, it was made into a live-action movie starring Junichi Okada, which became a huge hit with cumulative box office revenue of over 3.1 billion yen.

He is known as “Fable”, an invincible assassin who has been trained as a killer since childhood and can annihilate any enemy within six seconds. One day, he receives a sudden order from the organization’s boss that he must not kill anyone for a year, and ends up living a completely new life without killing anyone.

His name is Akira Sato, and this is his first normal life as a professional. However, amidst the peaceful daily life, a disturbing atmosphere lingers in the air… Will he be able to complete this most difficult mission…?

This time, ahead of the broadcast from April 6th (Saturday), the synopsis and advance scene photos of the first episode have been released, so be sure to check it out before the broadcast.

[Synopsis & preceding scene photos]

■Episode 1 subtitle: Moving

<Synopsis>
The strongest genius assassin, commonly known as “Fable”
One day, after finishing his job, “Fable” is ordered by the organization’s boss to take a year-long hiatus from work as a hitman.
In order to live a normal life, he changes his name to Akira Sato and moves to Osaka with Yoko, his partner in the organization.
The two of them knock on the door of the Shinkoku-gumi, who will be taking care of them for a year in Osaka.

[Work information]
■TV anime “The Fable”
<Broadcast information>
Broadcast nationwide on Nippon Television from 24:55 on Saturday, April 6, 2024
Unlimited viewing of all episodes exclusively on Disney Plus
*TV broadcast date and time and distribution start date and time are subject to change without notice.

<Introduction>
The strongest genius assassin…but shouldn’t he be killed?
Fable is an invincible killing genius who has been trained as a killer since childhood and can annihilate any enemy within six seconds.
One day, the boss of the organization
“Don’t kill anyone for a year”
When he receives this sudden order, he begins to live a completely new life without killing people.
His name is Akira Sato, and this is his first normal life as a professional.
However, amidst the peaceful daily life, a disturbing atmosphere looms over them…
Will he be able to complete this most difficult mission?
Fable, an invincible assassin known as a fable, begins his cool, funny, and slightly eccentric one-year hiatus as a killer!

<Cast>
Kazuyuki Okitsu Miyuki Sawashiro Kana Hanazawa
Akio Otsuka, Kenjiro Tsuda, Tetsuo Komura
Jun Fukushima
Yasushi Ishii, Ryota Iwasaki, Yudai Mino, Kojiro Takahashi, Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
Takeharu Onishi Takumi Asahina
Kazuya Ichijo Yuki Kaji

<Staff>
Original work: Katsuhisa Minami “The Fable” (published in Kodansha “Young Magazine”)
Director: Ryosuke Takahashi
Series composition: Yuya Takashima
Screenplay: Yuya Takashima, Mayumi Morita
Character design: Kuma Oshita, Saki Hasegawa
Sound director: Yasuyuki Urakami
Music: Shuichiro Fukuhiro
Sound production: Audio Planning You
Animation production: Tezuka Productions

TV anime “The Fable” official website: https://www.vap.co.jp/the-fable-anime/
Official SNS: https://twitter.com/the_fable_anime

[Original information]
■”The Fable”
Katsuhisa Minami
It was serialized in Kodansha’s “Young Magazine” for about five years until November 2019, and the first part has been completed. The second part, The Fable, the Second Contact,'' which gained popularity, will be concluded in July 2023, although it will be missed. Cumulative circulation: 24 million copies. Many celebrities have called itthe most interesting manga right now.” Currently, Volumes 1 to 22 of Part 1 and Volumes 1 to 9 of Part 2 are on sale.

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