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My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's

My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's

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My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's

2025- 2025

1 Seasons

12 Episodes

7.0(56 votes)

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Action & Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Overview

Akira Oda and his high school classmates are summoned to another world! While the other students are granted cheat abilities through the summoning, Akira merely gains the abilities of a mediocre "assassin." However, his status soon surpasses "hero," the strongest profession. After Akira becomes suspicious of the King behind the summoning, he is falsely framed for a crime and forced to flee.

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SUNRISE

TMS Entertainment

Sony Pictures

Kanon

Crunchyroll

OVERLAP

TV Tokyo Medianet

Animax Broadcast Japan

Warner Music Japan

CTW

Docomo Anime Store

BS Fuji

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Takeo Otsuka

Takeo Otsuka

Akira Oda (voice)

Saku Mizuno

Saku Mizuno

Amelia Rosequartz (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Saran Mithray (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Yoru (voice)

Konomi Tamura

Konomi Tamura

Lia Lagoon (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Crow (voice)

Sumire Morohoshi

Sumire Morohoshi

Latticenail (voice)

Azumi Waki

Azumi Waki

Kirika Rosequartz (voice)

Shun Horie

Shun Horie

Aulum Trace (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Koki Uchiyama

Mahiro Abe (voice)

Creative team

Showrunner: Emiko Iijima
Takahiro Suzuki
Produced by: Hiroto Kumagaya
Kanako Takahashi

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