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“Japan's top hitman takes on absurd "killing" jobs from homework to housekeeping, always succeeding with deadly comedy.”
Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun
殺し屋さん The hired gun
5.49
13,056 rank · 7,940 viewers · 4 favorites
Action
Comedy
Suspense
Seinen
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Synopsis
Japan's top hitman takes on absurd "killing" jobs from homework to housekeeping, always succeeding with deadly comedy.
The comedy story follows the title character, who is regarded by himself and others as the best hit man in Japan. He goes by the motto, "If I have an assignment, I will kill anything." However, his "killing" assignments have expanded to include everything from summer vacation homework to housekeeping. "The hit man never fails to kill the target. Though he does not aim to, he also never misses the laughter." (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.83
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.83 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 4.00
Running avg · Oct 2013 → Apr 2017
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This anime is a great change of pace, if you're looking for nothing serious with a bit of comedy. The anime is short not much is going on in the anime. It just randoms stuff happening. I enjoyed it...”
- 8 “Do you ever want to not try things? Is forming a structuralist perspective on reality too boring? Why does my pee pee come out yellow? This anime is like if Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei went on a lunch...”
- 2 “Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun is one of the strangest examples of an anime I've seen in a few years. Normally, the strange appeals to me, but in this case, it's simply dreadful. Koroshiya is an...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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- Format 10 × 3′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 30m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2013 – Dec 2013 Fall 2013
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-8239 catalog
Produced by
- KlockWorx Producer
- Studio Mausu Producer