Sakamoto Days Episode 1 Review

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Taro Sakamoto is the ultimate hitman, a mash of Jackie Chan, John Wick, and Rajinikanth (and Tom Cruise if you’re a Mission Impossible fan). Mr. Sakamoto can take down a building full of armed assassins with the ease of stealing candy from a baby. But after falling in love and leaving behind his violent past to run a quiet convenience store with his wife, his old bosses and former enemies are out for his blood.

Based on the Japanese manga series by Yuto Suzuki, the 2025 anime adaptation of Sakamoto Days is directed by Masaki Watanabe and produced by TMS Entertainment, the studio behind popular titles like Anpanman, Detective Conan, and Fruits Basket. Titled “The Legendary Hit Man,” episode one begins with an intense sequence of a younger Sakamoto effortlessly killing a horde of hitmen.

The first episode of Sakamoto Days quickly establishes the legend of Taro Sakamoto, even though the violence sequence wasn’t as dynamic as it could’ve been, the scene switches to hilariously introducing the present Sakamoto as a content, fat, convenience store owner, who looks like a retired grandpa living his best life. But a former colleague comes looking for him, and not with good intent!

The animation is pretty engaging, even though some secondary character movements were on the plainer side. Going just by the first episode days “Sakamoto Days” seems to be a mildly fun anime, with a few laughs here & there, but not so gritty fights. But the premise is definitely fun – a vicious retired hitman, who is now a fat, sweet-natured convenience store owner, must protect his family-man life from his brutal past.

Here’s hoping the next few episodes pick up pac

Watch the series on Netflix.

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