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The Fable

The Fable

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The Fable

7.8

Yr 2024

Rt 23m

Status Returning Series

Animation Comedy Action & Adventure Crime

Series Brief

Overview

A legendary hitman trained to become the world's best assassin is asked to lay low for a year by the head of his crime family.

Why fans love it

This 2024 animated adaptation of the manga finds its footing in the jarring contrast between professional lethality and the mundane requirements of a quiet life. The series prioritizes the psychological weight of a hitman forced into sudden inactivity. Instead of constant gunfire, the narrative leans into the awkward humor that arises when a person bred for violence learns the basic social expectations of a regular civilian.

Kazuyuki Okitsu anchors the tone by balancing the cold, calculated competence of a killer with the absurdity of his new circumstances. The animation style mirrors this duality, shifting rapidly from intense displays of action to the stillness of a hitman trying to avoid notice. It is a crime story that treats the transition to normalcy as the most dangerous mission of all.

Featured Players

Cast 54

Takehito Koyasu

as Hiroshi Suzuki (voice)

9 episodes

Yuki Kaji

as Yuki Kawai (voice)

2 episodes

Masaya Fukunishi

as Kickboxer (voice)

7 episodes

Kazuyuki Okitsu

as Akira Sato (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

as Yoko Sato (voice)

Akio Otsuka

as Takeshi Ebihara (voice)

as Car Burglar 1 (voice)

1 episode

Kengo Tsujii

as Former Wrestler (voice)

2 episodes

Hirofumi Nojima

as Tatsuya Haga (voice)

4 episodes

as Boss (voice)

3 episodes

Chika Anzai

as Hinako Saba (voice)

9 episodes

as Resident A (voice)

1 episode

as Misaki Shimizu (voice)

Koji Ishii

as Hiroshi Hamada (voice)

6 episodes

as Man from the Organization 1 (voice)

1 episode

as Man from the Organization 2 (voice)

1 episode

as Car Burglar 2 (voice)

1 episode

Yudai Mino

as Katsuya Takahashi (voice)

11 episodes

Tasuku Kaito

as Kickboxer's Companion (voice)

5 episodes

Akiha Matsui

as CM Narrator (voice)

1 episode

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as Ryo Kuroshio (voice)

15 episodes

Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi

as Matsu (voice)

6 episodes

as Bartender (voice)

3 episodes

Yoji Ueda

as Manager Chitchi (voice)

1 episode

Takeharu Oonishi

as Kenjiro Takoda (voice)

14 episodes

as Etsuji Kainuma (voice)

10 episodes

Yukiyo Fujii

as Ai Nakayama (voice)

5 episodes

as Used Clothes Shop Owner (voice)

1 episode

as Delivery Company Interviewer (voice)

1 episode

Yuu Sugimoto

as Snack Bar Mama (voice)

5 episodes

Kouji Takeda

as Shinya Wakame (voice)

3 episodes

Kojiro Takahashi

as Soichi Sunagawa (voice)

9 episodes

Masaya Takatsuka

as Senior (voice)

1 episode

Masaki Sugimiya

as NA (voice)

2 episodes

Kenta Ohkuma

as Sunagawa's Shatei (voice)

6 episodes

Hiroya Egashira

as Cord (voice)

6 episodes

as Call Girl (voice)

1 episode

Yuki Onodera

as Hood (voice)

5 episodes

Kohei Matsumoto

as Announcer (voice)

2 episodes

Nobuaki Kanemitsu

as Knife Shop Owner (voice)

1 episode

Shinshu Fuji

as Rei Utsubo (voice)

8 episodes

Yoshihiro Kanemitsu

as Tsutomu Isaki (voice)

9 episodes

Maki Tsuruta

as Women's Club Chairwoman (voice)

1 episode

as Kawahira (voice)

1 episode

Akihisa Wakayama

as Young Man (voice)

1 episode

Tomoko Naka

as Yoshiko Kainuma (voice)

2 episodes

Yuzuka Nishikawa

as Mother (voice)

1 episode

Joichiro Ohtsuki

as Police Officer A (voice)

1 episode

Atsushi Yamamoto

as Police Officer B (voice)

1 episode

Eriko Uchino

as Resident B (voice)

1 episode

Kensuke Shimizu

as Resident C (voice)

1 episode

Naoya Nakanishi

as Announcer (voice)

1 episode

as Kenji Kojima (voice)

9 episodes

as Jackal Tomioka (voice)

11 episodes

Production Board

Crew

Assistant Director

Ayaka Kobayashi Liu Heng

Supervising Animation Director

Saki Hasegawa Hideharu Kinosaki Masahiro Emoto Shinya Takahashi Kurika Yamagata Park Gi-deok Itaru Saito

Director

Shintaro Matsui Fumio Maezono Rei Kurosawa Ryuta Yamamoto Noriyuki Nomata Michinosuke Nakamura Tooru Yoshida Kaniku Yasumasa

Storyboard Artist

Shintaro Matsui Yuzo Sato Michinosuke Nakamura Tooru Yoshida Mamoru Kurosawa

Key Animation

Yasuhiro Seo Tooru Yoshida

Costume Design

Kurika Yamagata

Sound Director

Yasuyuki Urakami

Special Effects

Miho Kawanishi

Animation Director

Shin Sung-min Lee Min-bae Jo Mi-jeong

Signal Match

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Suicide Squad Isekai

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5 shared cast members

Shared Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi, Shinshu Fuji, Akio Otsuka +2 more

Signal Match

Crew Similarity

8 shared crew members

Shared Shintaro Matsui, Fumio Maezono, Shin Sung-min +5 more

Roles: Animation Director, Director, Series Director +2 more

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4 shared crew members

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Roles: Animation Director, Director

3 shared crew members

Shared Shintaro Matsui, Fumio Maezono, Kaniku Yasumasa

Roles: Director

2 shared crew members

Shared Noriyuki Nomata, Tooru Yoshida

Roles: Director, Key Animation

The Quintessential Quintuplets

2 shared crew members

Shared Fumio Maezono, Takuo Suzuki

Roles: Director

Classroom of the Elite

2 shared crew members

Shared Noriyuki Nomata, Daisuke Nakajima

Roles: Storyboard Artist

The Dawn of the Witch

2 shared crew members

Shared Miho Kawanishi, Akihiko Niina

Roles: Prop Designer, Special Effects

I Have a Crush at Work

2 shared crew members

Shared Ryuta Yamamoto, Hiromichi Matano

Roles: Director

The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses

2 shared crew members

Shared Miho Kawanishi, Akihiko Niina

Roles: Animation Director, Prop Designer, Special Effects

We Never Learn: BOKUBEN

2 shared crew members

Shared Fumio Maezono, Hiromichi Matano

Roles: Director, Storyboard Artist

Topic Overlay

Topic Keyword Similarity

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

3 shared keywords

Topics based on manga, anime, intense

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

Rurouni Kenshin

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

Hunter x Hunter

3 shared keywords

Topics assassin, based on manga, anime

Keyword Cloud

Keywords

assassin based on manga anime intense animated remake

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Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired: April 07, 2024
Status: Returning Series
Episode Runtime: 23 minutes
Origin: JP
TMDB Votes: 45