 Production company VAP opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable manga on Monday. The website also revealed the main staff and a teaser visual (pictured).Staff Director: Ryousuke Takahashi (Gasaraki, Hi no Tori) Series Composition: Yuuya Takashima Script: Yuuya Takashima, Mayumi Morita (Kanojo mo Kanojo, Young Black Jack) Character Design: Kyuuma Ooshita (Top Secret: The Revelation, Rocket Girls), Saki Hasegawa (Ao Ashi, Shin Chuuka Ichiban!), Junichi Hayama (Pet, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken) Studio: Tezuka Productions Minami began serializing the action comedy manga in Weekly Young Magazine from November 2014 to November 2019. A manga sequel began in July 2021 in the same magazine. Kodansha shipped the sequel's seventh volume on May 8, with the eighth volume scheduled to go on sale on August 4. The Fable has a cumulative of over 22 million copies in circulation. Kodansha USA licensed the first manga series in English in March 2022 and released the 15th volume on June 13. The 16th volume will ship on July 11. The Fable won at the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards in the General category in 2017. The manga was also placed twice in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings in the Male Readers' Top 20 in the 2019 and 2020's editions. Synopsis Fable is a legendary hitman who has completed numerous jobs for a variety of clients. After concluding his latest assignment, the number of people he has recently killed becomes too high, and Fable is ordered by his boss to lay low for a year. He is suggested that having to adapt to life as an ordinary citizen might prove a valuable experience for his future work. Fable is to be accompanied by the woman who acts as his driver, and the two will assume new identities as siblings. However, their boss warns them that they will both face a deadly punishment if Fable kills anyone during his time off. Thus begins Akira and Youko Satou's joint one-year sabbatical from the underworld. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Official site: https://www.vap.co.jp/the-fable-anime/ Official Twitter: @the_fable_anime Source: animate Times The Fable on MAL |
DatRandomDudeJul 9, 2023 11:53 AM
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| Sounds like it's going to be a winner of an anime. Definitely going to watch it when it airs. |
| I'm retiring the signature. It's not fun anymore. |
| Hope they do justice to the hyper-realistic artstyle, I don't want another flop like My Home Hero. |
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| Tezuka Productions is ready to ruin another critically acclaimed seinen manga. My expectation for this anime adaptation is almost zero. |
| Yeah! I'm happy to hear. I hope anime will be good, but the poster doesn't give me a lot of hope |
| lets gooo! another ruined seinen manga adap from tezuka prods for sure, already waiting for the eventual remake in 10 years or so. |
| Finally we will see delinquents and gangs, I am so happy! Hope for a complete manga adaptation! Daviljoe193 said: Sounds like it's going to be a winner of an anime. Definitely going to watch it when it airs. Yes, me too! I like the plot and characters! |
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| Somehow I really think this work isn't in good hands. And the chances are very low if they'll do much to prove anyone wrong either. Still looking forward. |
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| I completely forgot I have this on my PTR list. Nice to hear it's getting an anime, but the studio definitely doesn't have the greatest track record. I remember expecting their most recent project, My Home Hero, to be really good but that ended up being ok at best. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL has unfortunately become a brain dead extension of the worst and most moronic aspects of Twitter |
| Erm, yeahhh I don't think The Fable works in an anime format.. |
thebrentinator24 said: I completely forgot I have this on my PTR list. Nice to hear it's getting an anime, but the studio definitely doesn't have the greatest track record. I remember expecting their most recent project, My Home Hero, to be really good but that ended up being ok at best. I am also glad that they announced anime! It was because of so few episodes, the source work itself is very good! |
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| Yes! Yes! Yes ! Some fucking Good News ! |
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| Oh wow, Takahashi directing this is actually huge. Despite TezukaPro this might actually turn out good. |
deg said: and 20 million is old news, they now have over 22 million copies in circulation (I just updated the number)>The Fable has a cumulative of over 20 million copies in circulation. i never heard of this popular and very profitable manga until now i might watch it |
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VanishingKira said: At the minimum, with him on board, it can't be worst than My Home Hero. its something guess.ZXEAN said: ^ This pretty much Tezuka Productions is ready to ruin another critically acclaimed seinen manga. My expectation for this anime adaptation is almost zero. Ryousuke Takahashi been a good director in the past but the limitations with said studio will probably affect the show's quality. |
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DatRandomDude said: VanishingKira said: At the minimum, with him on board, it can't be worst than My Home Hero. its something guess.^ This pretty much Ryousuke Takahashi been a good director in the past but the limitations with said studio will probably affect the show's quality. But it is very good series, you are wrong. Simply the quantity of episodes, that is all. |
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| > Tezuka Productions Oh no |
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| People complaining about Tezuka productions when the main problem is the director |
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| Here's hoping for the best. The manga deserves a good adaption. |
Bum Bum Dum Dum |
malvarez1 said: Here's hoping for the best. The manga deserves a good adaption. I hope for the best too! Manga is great! |
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| I will just keep my mind open with this one until it airs |
| I started reading the manga a long time ago but didn't read much for reasons I can't explain, I remember it positively, I'm looking forward to the anime. |
DatRandomDude said: Junichi Hayama already get fired btw. what a great start.Character Design: Kyuuma Ooshita (Top Secret: The Revelation, Rocket Girls), Saki Hasegawa (Ao Ashi, Shin Chuuka Ichiban!), Junichi Hayama (Pet, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken) |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Haven't even read the manga or seen piece of content on it ,but I seen this forum and the cover of the anime. It looks really good can't wait for it |
Have a wonderful day! |
Kuma said: DatRandomDude said: Junichi Hayama already get fired btw. what a great start.Character Design: Kyuuma Ooshita (Top Secret: The Revelation, Rocket Girls), Saki Hasegawa (Ao Ashi, Shin Chuuka Ichiban!), Junichi Hayama (Pet, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken) Oh my God, it is pretty sad. I hope that they hire a good character designer. Still I like his designs in Pet and JoJo! |
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| been thinking of reading this a lot for the past few months because i heard it's similar to sakamoto days in ways, and the anime suddenly gets announced lmao guess it's time to be serious and check the manga out soon! hope this adaptation is solid too. |
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