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SSS-Class Revival Hunter Anime Confirmed For January 2027

Crunchyroll's worldwide stream outside Asia, paired with a Korean webtoon source and a Japanese studio and cast, puts the licensing and the production on opposite sides of the same title.

Key Facts

  • SSS-Class Revival Hunter will premiere in January 2027 as an anime adaptation of the web novel and webtoon.
  • Takeo Otsuka voices Gongja Kim and Satoshi Hino voices the Sword Emperor in SSS-Class Revival Hunter.
  • Hiroaki Sakurai directs SSS-Class Revival Hunter at STUDIO fu, with Sayuri Oba writing the script and Takahiro Yoshimatsu designing characters.
  • Crunchyroll will stream SSS-Class Revival Hunter worldwide excluding Asia, with availability in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia.
  • The SSS-Class Revival Hunter webtoon launched in December 2020 and has released 151 episodes, with an English edition on Tapas.

Reporting from 4 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, AnimationXpress Anime, OtakuKart Anime.

SSS-Class Revival Hunter Anime Confirmed For January 2027

A new official website opened on Thursday to announce that SSS-Class Revival Hunter, the web novel and webtoon by writer Sinnoa and artist Neida, is getting an anime adaptation in January 2027. Crunchyroll will stream the series worldwide outside Asia, with availability in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, and the company has posted an English-subtitled teaser trailer. Takeo Otsuka voices Gongja Kim, the F-rank Hunter who copies an S-rank skill that only activates when he dies, and Satoshi Hino voices the Sword Emperor, a former top-class Hunter who becomes his ghostly companion. Hiroaki Sakurai directs at STUDIO fu, with Sayuri Oba on scripts and Takahiro Yoshimatsu on character designs. The novel debuted in November 2018 and the webtoon launched in December 2020 with 151 episodes to date, published in English by Tapas.

  • Crunchyroll's stream covers North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore.
  • Hiroaki Sakurai's directing credits include The Demon Girl Next Door and The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
  • Sayuri Oba, on scripts, previously wrote Romantic Killer. Takahiro Yoshimatsu, on character designs, worked on Trigun.
  • Sakurai said Yoshimatsu's hiring "made the path toward the anime adaptation suddenly became much wider and clearer."
  • Oba described the source as a "roller coaster-style" story where Gongja rises "through a truly 'die and live again' cheat-like method."
  • Yoshimatsu said he is handling only the main characters' designs, and that he is working with Sakurai again after a long gap.
  • The official synopsis says Gongja envies the Flame Emperor, witnesses a scandal involving him, is killed, then uses a copied ability that sends him back 24 hours each time he dies.
  • The Sword Emperor is a former top-class Hunter who becomes Gongja's ghostly companion and supports him as a partner.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

SSS-Class Revival Hunter Studio fu Sinnoa Neida

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