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Assassination Classroom

8.4
2 seasons
47 episodes
Ended
Animation
Comedy
Action & Adventure
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Plot Summary

The students of Class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

First Aired:January 10, 2015
Last Aired:July 1, 2016
Episode Runtime:24m
Networks:
Fuji TV, Iwate Menkoi Television

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (3)

Season 1
8.2

Season 1

22 episodes

Aired: 2015

A class of junior high "misfit" students who are tasked with assassinating their new teacher, an octopus-like creature nicknamed Koro-sensei, who destroyed the moon and threatens to destroy Earth in a year. The students have to learn to balance their assassination attempts with the lessons from Koro-sensei, who is surprisingly an excellent teacher, while the government offers a ¥10 billion reward for his head. Each episode often focuses on individual students, their growth, and their internal conflicts between wanting to kill their teacher and growing to care for him.

Season 2
8.5

Season 2

25 episodes

Aired: 2016

Class 3E and while some things have changed, the class assignment is still the same: kill their teacher before the end of the year. Easier said than done since Koro Sensei's made it clear he won't go down without a fight.

Production

Lerche

BS Fuji

Kansai Television

Fuji Television Network