“Legendary assassin Fable must live peacefully in Osaka for a year or face death.”
The Fable
ザ・ファブル
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Synopsis
Legendary assassin Fable must live peacefully in Osaka for a year or face death.
Fable, an assassin who works in organized crime, has been raised to the legendary status of a ruthless killer capable of murdering any man within six seconds. Six years after his debut, his boss fears that Fable has started to attract too much attention from the legal authorities, and he orders him to hide in Osaka for a year. Accompanied by his driver who assumes the identity of his sister, Fable is bound by a special condition: he must act as a civilian and not murder anyone lest he and his partner lose their lives. However, the seemingly well-deserved holiday soon takes a grim turn. Takeshi Ebihara, the second-in-command of the Osaka mafia that officially protects the assassin, sees Fable's presence as a threat and wants to remove him. Constantly monitored by the yakuza and regularly put in life-or-death situations, Fable has no other choice but to outwit Takeshi's schemes if he wants to stay alive.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 44 sampled reviews
What 44 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.79 · some divergence
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 4.0
↑ 0.18
Running avg · Apr 2024 → Apr 2026
- 10 “this show is criminially underrated , the adaptation might not be best espically in fights but its decent . the main factor of the shows is its comedy and characters . another aspects of the anime...”
- 9 “Thank goodness this kinda anime getting full course anime treatment. There are many manga out there with realistic artstyle but when come to animation thats sucks like huse-husband, God of R Etc....”
- 8 “I found the characters, particularly the protagonist with his engaging personality and odd mannerisms as well as his surprisingly capable sister, to be the highlight of this pleasantly surprising...”
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- Format 25 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 10m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2024 – Sep 2024 Spring 2024
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-24539 catalog
Produced by
- VAP Producer
- Kodansha Producer
- Nippon Television Network Producer
- Audio Planning U Producer