Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kill Blue Manga Ends, Gets TV Anime
This year's 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kill Blue manga is getting a television anime adaptation in 2026. The same issue of Weekly Shonen Jump published the manga's final chapter on Monday. The manga's 11th volume will ship on September 4, the 12th volume on November 4, and the 13th volume on December 4.Hiro Kaburagi (Great Pretender, Hozuki's Coolheadedness, My Little Monster) is directing the anime at CUE, and Miho Daidōji (animation director for Kuroko's Basketball TV anime's 3 seasons and Last Game film) is designing the characters.Update: This will be the first television series for which CUE is serving as the main animation production studio. Internet service and game developer DMM established Cue in 2023 with Production I.G's former executive officer and production manager Rui Kuroki as president and CEO. Source: Animation Business JournalViz Media is publishing the manga digitally and in print, and it describes the first volume: Viz Media will release the third volume in print on October 14. MANGA Plus is also releasing the manga digitally.Fujimaki launched the Robot × Laserbeam manga in March 2017, and ended the seven-volume series in June 2018. Viz Media published the manga digitally in English.Fujimaki serialized his Kuroko's Basketball manga in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2008-2014. The manga inspired three television anime series, two compilation anime films, a new anime film, a sequel manga, a light novel, a spinoff manga, and a series of stage plays. Viz Media also published the manga in English.Fujimaki published a one-shot in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2020, and then published an "academy comedy action" one-shot manga titled "Kiruaoharu" in December 2021.Sources: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 40, Press release
