Live-Action Happy Kanako's Killer Life Gets Second Season
The second season confirms the live-action adaptation's strong performance, following a first season that reportedly accumulated over 130 million social media views.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
DMM TV announced a second season of the live-action series based on Toshiya Wakabayashi's manga Happy Kanako's Killer Life. The new season debuts in September 2026 on DMM TV. Non and Taisuke Fujigaya return as Kanako and Sakurai. Tsutomu Hanabusa returns to direct and co-write the scripts.
Tsutomu Hanabusa, who directed the live-action Tokyo Revengers, returns to direct the second season and is co-writing the scripts with Ruriko Matsushima and Yusuke Aose. The first season debuted on DMM TV in February 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the original manga in English, describing the story of a woman who hates her office job and ends up working for a contract killing agency.
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