SPY×FAMILY (pronounced "Spy Family" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. The manga has been published twice a week since the initial launch in March 2019. The chapters, which are released every other Monday, have been collected and published into seven volumes by Shueisha. Viz Media has licensed the series for English release in North America and began the digital publication September 2019 and the print volume began releasing Spring 2020.
Spy × Family took first place in the web manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2019 and made several other "Top 10" lists, including Brutus magazine's "Most Dangerous Manga" list and Polygon's list of the best comics of 2019. It also took 5th place in the 2021 poll from AnimeJapan’s “Manga We Want to See Animated”, which receives almost 200,000 votes each year.
The anime adpatation will be directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Dororo), the character designs will be by Kazuaki Shimada (The Promised Neverland) and music by [K]NoW_NAME (Sakura Quest). It has been announced that Takuya Eguchi (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) is heading up the voice acting cast as the main character spy, Twilight.
Loid Forger, also known as "Twilight" has been assigned a mission, Operation Strix, which requires him to take on a family in order to complete the mission. He adopts a child, "Anya" who happens to be able to read people's minds. He fakes a marriage to "Yor" who hides her true identity as an assassin and has no idea Loid is actually a spy. Loid is a former war orphan and became a spy to create a "world where children do not cry." Spy × Family brings the worlds of action and espionage together with some heartwarming family moments, definitely one you won't want to miss!
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