Sakamoto Days

Sakamoto Days was Netflix's most-watched anime in the first half of 2025, pulling 24.4 million views and landing at ninth across all shows in the US — ahead of plenty of English-language prestige television. TMS Entertainment adapted Yuto Suzuki's Shonen Jump manga, and the hook is almost absurdly simple: Taro Sakamoto is a retired assassin running a suburban convenience store, trying to stay retired while his past keeps finding him. That premise — a supernaturally capable parent protecting his family — needs zero anime literacy to land, which is exactly why it pulled in viewers who'd never watched a subtitled show before.