The Spy x Family manga from Tatsuya Endo has been doing pretty well in Japan and abroad as a bit of a crossover property with some real potential. The series saw an April 9th, 2022 premiere and it’s planned for the spring and fall season for its twenty-five-episode run. With Crunchyroll handling the simulcast, the folks at Netflix are handling it in the area where they are not, notably in Asia. Amusingly, a trailer for it was released without the usual region lock on it and that’s caused a bit of confusion since it won’t be on Netflix in North America, for example. Still, check out the teaser below to see how they’re advertising it!
The English cast includes Alex Organ as Loid Forger, AKA Agent Twilight, Natalie Van Sistine as Yor Forger, and Megan Shipman as Anya Forger.
The series is directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi with Wit Studio and CloverWorks handling the production. Kazuaki Shimada is on board to adapt the designs.
The Japanese cast includes Takuya Eguchi as Loid Forger, Saori Hayami as Yor Forger, Atsumi Tanezaki as Anya Forger, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Franky Franklin, Yuko Kaida as Sylvia Sherwood, and Kazuhiro Yamaji as Henry Henderson.
The property began in Shonen Jump+ in 2019 and has had digital chapters released in English at the same time. There are currently eight volumes in print in Japan with it ongoing; sales are over eleven million copies in print so far. Check out our review of the first eleven chapters.
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Plot Concept: Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment—get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head!
Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn’t know is that the wife he’s chosen is an assassin and the child he’s adopted is a telepath!
Previous promos and visuals:
Manga trailer:
