‘Assassination Classroom’ Anime is Heading to Toonami Starting August 29

Toonami’s official Facebook page announced on Thursday that the Assassination Classroom anime will be airing in the mentioned programming block beginning August 29 at 1:00.

Below shows the full line-up for the mentioned date:

12:00AM – Dragon Ball Super

12:30AM – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

01:00AM – Assassination Classroom

01:30AM – Black Clover

02:00AM – Fire Force

02:30AM – Naruto Shippūden

03:00AM – Samurai Jack

Assassination Classroom is based on the manga of the same name created by Yusei Matsui that ran in the Weekly Shonen Jump from 2012 to 2016. The anime adaptation first aired in Japan in 2015 for a total of 22 episodes. It also had a second season that aired in 2016, as well as anime film premiered in the same year.

About Assassination Classroom Anime

When a mysterious creature chops the moon down to a permanent crescent, the students of class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Middle School find themselves confronted with an enormous task: assassinate the creature responsible for the disaster before Earth suffers a similar fate. However, the monster, dubbed Koro-sensei (the indestructible teacher), is able to fly at speeds of up to Mach 20, which he demonstrates freely, leaving any attempt to subdue him in his extraterrestrial dust. Furthermore, the misfits of 3-E soon find that the strange, tentacled beast is more than just indomitable—he is the best teacher they have ever had!

Adapted from the humorous hit manga by Yuusei Matsui, Ansatsu Kyoushitsu tells the story of these junior high pupils as they polish their assassination skills and grow in order to stand strong against the oppressive school system, their own life problems, and one day, Koro-sensei.

About Assassination Classroom Manga

In the blink of an eye, the night sky is forever changed when, with a great explosion, the moon is blasted into a permanent crescent. Confronting the governments of the world, a yellow tentacled monster boasts that it was the one responsible for the catastrophe, and in a year's time, it will do the same to Earth. Zooming around at Mach 20, the creature makes a peculiar demand: a teaching position at the prestigious Kunugigaoka Junior High School. Desperate to keep the creature in one place, the government agrees, and so the students of Class 3-E find themselves faced with an impossible task—assassinate the creature responsible for destroying the moon.

Although the fate of the world now rests on their shoulders, the class has more personal issues to deal with. Trapped at the bottom of Kunugigaoka's hierarchical education system, they face harsh discrimination from both teachers and students alike. Defeatism abound, they don't believe themselves capable of success in daily life, let alone against a monster that surpasses the abilities of any human. But as the enigmatic creature—whom they dub Koro-sensei—educates them in both assassination and academia, the children slowly find the courage to rise up and take aim at their target: the greatest teacher the world has ever seen.

Source: ANN (with synopsis by MAL)