{"rewrite":{"id":"r_5de6a5bb8a267a1fb6b51e82","clusterId":"c_fb8c36a6c3945efd275430db","slug":"sss-class-revival-hunter-anime-announced-for-january-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"SSS-Class Revival Hunter Anime Confirmed For January 2027","summary":"A new official website opened on Thursday to announce that SSS-Class Revival Hunter, the web novel and webtoon by writer Sinnoa and artist Neida, is getting an anime adaptation in January 2027. Crunchyroll will stream the series worldwide outside Asia, with availability in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, and the company has posted an English-subtitled teaser trailer. Takeo Otsuka voices Gongja Kim, the F-rank Hunter who copies an S-rank skill that only activates when he dies, and Satoshi Hino voices the Sword Emperor, a former top-class Hunter who becomes his ghostly companion. Hiroaki Sakurai directs at STUDIO fu, with Sayuri Oba on scripts and Takahiro Yoshimatsu on character designs. The novel debuted in November 2018 and the webtoon launched in December 2020 with 151 episodes to date, published in English by Tapas.","whyItMatters":"Crunchyroll's worldwide stream outside Asia, paired with a Korean webtoon source and a Japanese studio and cast, puts the licensing and the production on opposite sides of the same title.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrunchyroll\u0026#39;s stream covers North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHiroaki Sakurai\u0026#39;s directing credits include The Demon Girl Next Door and The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSayuri Oba, on scripts, previously wrote Romantic Killer. Takahiro Yoshimatsu, on character designs, worked on Trigun.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSakurai said Yoshimatsu\u0026#39;s hiring \u0026#34;made the path toward the anime adaptation suddenly became much wider and clearer.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOba described the source as a \u0026#34;roller coaster-style\u0026#34; story where Gongja rises \u0026#34;through a truly \u0026#39;die and live again\u0026#39; cheat-like method.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoshimatsu said he is handling only the main characters\u0026#39; designs, and that he is working with Sakurai again after a long gap.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe official synopsis says Gongja envies the Flame Emperor, witnesses a scandal involving him, is killed, then uses a copied ability that sends him back 24 hours each time he dies.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sword Emperor is a former top-class Hunter who becomes Gongja\u0026#39;s ghostly companion and supports him as a partner.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Crunchyroll will stream SSS-Class Revival Hunter worldwide excluding Asia. The source is Korean, the studio and cast are Japanese. Tapas publishes the webtoon in English.","twitterPost":"SSS-Class Revival Hunter arrives January 2027. Takeo Otsuka is Gongja Kim, a weak F-rank Hunter whose copied S-rank skill only works when he dies. Satoshi Hino is the Sword Emperor.","threadsPost":"SSS-Class Revival Hunter lands at Studio fu, whose track record with action-heavy series suggests the webtoon's fast-paced fights are in good hands. The January 2027 premiere gives the team a full year of production, a rare luxury in anime.","newsletterBlurb":"The Korean web novel and webtoon SSS-Class Revival Hunter is getting an anime in January 2027, directed by Hiroaki Sakurai at STUDIO fu. Crunchyroll will stream it worldwide outside Asia. 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