The World’s Finest Assassin Anime Suffers Major Blow Due to Postponed Debut

The World’s Finest Assassin is the latest in the long list of visual novel adaptations in the isekai genre that floods every season’s chart.


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With a self-insert protagonist who is meant to be the hero in a different world, the audience wants something more, something twisted. Either it is Re: Zero’s suffering, KonoSuba’s inept characters, or even the hatred in Redo of Healer.

But The World’s Finest Assassin takes it one step ahead by reincarnating an assassin to kill the hero!

The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat’s website began streaming a teaser trailer.  The trailer revealed that the anime’s new broadcast date is in October 2021, which was previously slated as July. 

The website has thanked the series’s fans for patience as they await further updates on detailed broadcast and distribution dates and times.

The official teaser for the anime gives a glimpse of the upcoming conflict. The assassin is shown to be quite skilled as a sniper and he also flies large cargo planes. 

The World's Finest Assassin Anime Suffers Major Blow Due to Postponed Debut
The World’s Finest Assassin Visual | Source: Official Website

We also get the first impression of various other characters like the Reincarnation Goddess, a skilled fighter maid, and two other female leads who assist the protagonist.

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Rui Tsukiyo, the visual novel writer behind Assassin aristocrat, is known for his works such as “Dungeon Builder: The Demon King’s Labyrinth is a Modern City!” and the “Redo of Healer.”

The World’s Finest Assassin anime is produced by Silver link and Studio Palette.

The cast of The World’s Finest Assassin includes:

CharacterCastNotable Works
LughKenji AkabaneProducer ([email protected])
DiaReina UedaRuri (Dr. Stone)
TarteYūki TakadaRei (DanMachi)
MachaShino ShimojiAkari Ōzora (Aikatsu!)

The staff of The World’s Finest Assassin includes:

PositionStaffNotable work
Director Masafumi TamuraThe Misfit of Demon King Academy
Script WriterKatsuhiko TakayamaThe Future Diary
Character DesignEri NagataEnsemble Stars!
The World's Finest Assassin Anime Suffers Major Blow Due to Postponed Debut
The World’s Finest Assassin | Source: Amazon

Will the assassin kill the hero and save the world, or will he fail? Are there even darker forces at play in The World’s Finest Assassin anime? Do the people who came up with the series’s name know the difference between a title and description? 

We will only know when the anime starts its broadcast in October, so don’t miss out!

About The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat

The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in a Different World as an Aristocrat is a light novel series by Rui Tsukiyo and Reia. Its first volume was published by Kadokawa in February 2019.

One of the best assassins in the world was killed by betrayal, while he was on the verge of retirement. He is reborn into a world where he receives magical powers to kill the hero of the world.

With the superior knowledge from his past life and new abilities from his rebirth, the assassin is now a force to be reckoned with.

Source:Official Website, Youtube

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