“Naïve Tatsumi joins Night Raid assassins to overthrow corrupt Empire, confronting morality and power in deadly revolution.”
Akame ga Kill!
アカメが斬る!
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Synopsis
Naïve Tatsumi joins Night Raid assassins to overthrow corrupt Empire, confronting morality and power in deadly revolution.
Night Raid is the covert assassination branch of the Revolutionary Army, an uprising assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, whose avarice and greed for power has led him to take advantage of the child emperor's inexperience. Without a strong and benevolent leader, the rest of the nation is left to drown in poverty, strife, and ruin. Though the Night Raid members are all experienced killers, they understand that taking lives is far from commendable and that they will likely face retribution as they mercilessly eliminate anyone who stands in the revolution's way. This merry band of assassins' newest member is Tatsumi, a naïve boy from a remote village who had embarked on a journey to help his impoverished hometown and was won over by not only Night Raid's ideals, but also their resolve. Akame ga Kill! follows Tatsumi as he fights the Empire and comes face-to-face with powerful weapons, enemy assassins, challenges to his own morals and values, and ultimately, what it truly means to be an assassin with a cause.
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Derived from 500 sampled reviews of 592
What 500 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.12 · split reception
5.1 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.2
↑ 1.94
Running avg · Dec 2014 → Aug 2025
- 7 “The art style and characters were mediocre af, but I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the music of the series. 7.4/10”
- 8 “The story doesn't follow the manga and at the end if you are not satisfied you should pick up with the manga because they used a completely different ending for the anime.”
- 10 “This anime was amazing from beginning to end. Just everything about it was amazing to the characters and to the story I really did enjoy this I laughed and cried through out the entire anime. I...”
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A Tv Production · Summer 2014
White Fox.Nihon Ad Systems · Sony Music Entertainment
- Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2014 – Dec 2014 Summer 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-8592 catalog
Produced by
- Nihon Ad Systems Producer
- Sony Music Entertainment Producer
- TOHO animation Producer
- Q-Tec Producer
- Fields Producer
- Jinnan Studio Producer
- REAL-T Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor