The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kusuo Saiki
斉木楠雄のΨ難
(Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan)
Genre
Manga
Written byShūichi Asō
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
Magazine
  • Weekly Shōnen Jump (May 14, 2012 – February 26, 2018)
  • Jump GIGA (May 25 – July 26, 2018)
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 14, 2012July 26, 2018
Volumes26 (List of volumes)
Original net animation
Music byYuuichi Murata
ReleasedAugust 4, 2013
Anime television series
Directed byHiroaki Sakurai
Produced by
List
    • Sayako Matsumura
    • Takashi Umemoto
    • Tomoya Negishi
    • Jun Fukuda
    • Ryouichi Ishihara
    • Shinobu Satou
    • Hitoshi Yagi
    • Hideyuki Yamazaki
    • Naoki Matsushita
Written byMichiko Yokote
Music byPsychic Lover
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Hokkaido
Original run July 4, 2016 December 25, 2016
Episodes120[a] (List of episodes)
Video game
Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan: Shijō Psi Dai no Psi Nan!?
DeveloperBandai Namco Studios
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
PlatformNintendo 3DS
ReleasedNovember 10, 2016
Further information
Anime television series
2nd Season
Directed byHiroaki Sakurai
Produced by
List
    • Sayako Matsumura
    • Takashi Umemoto
    • Kaori Itou
    • Yasushi Uchida
    • Mai Ogiwara
    • Kentarou Anai
    • Souya Kiyota
    • Takahiro Fujii
    • Souji Miyagi
    • Tatsuo Shibano
Written byMichiko Yokote
Music byPsychic Lover
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
  • AUS: Madman Entertainment
  • NA: Crunchyroll
Original networkTV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Hokkaido
Original run January 17, 2018 June 27, 2018
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
3
Directed byHiroaki Sakurai
Produced by
List
    • Sayako Matsumura
    • Takashi Umemoto
    • Kaori Itou
    • Kentarou Anai
    • Souya Kiyota
    • Takahiro Fujii
    • Souji Miyagi
    • Tatsuo Shibano
Written byMichiko Yokote
Music byPsychic Lover
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
  • AUS: Madman Entertainment
  • NA: Crunchyroll
Original networkTV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Hokkaido
Original runDecember 28, 2018
Episodes1[b] (List of episodes)
Original net animation
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened
Directed byHiroaki Sakurai
Produced by
List
    • Sayako Matsumura
    • Takashi Umemoto
    • Mai Ogiwara
    • Kaori Itou
    • Kentarou Anai
    • Souya Kiyota
    • Takahiro Fujii
    • Souji Miyagi
    • Tatsuo Shibano
    • Shiotto Nakayama
    • Takashi Fujita
Written byMichiko Yokote
Music byPsychic Lover
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed byNetflix
ReleasedDecember 30, 2019
Episodes6 (List of episodes)
Live-action film
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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Japanese: 斉木楠雄のΨ難, Hepburn: Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shūichi Asō. Following a series of one-shot chapters published from 2010 to 2011, the manga was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 2012 to February 2018. It was followed by a short serialization of 4-panel chapters published in the same magazine, and two one-shot chapters published in Jump GIGA in May and July 2018. Shueisha collected its chapters in twenty-six tankōbon volumes.

An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff, aired from July 2016 to December 2018. A live-action film directed by Yuichi Fukuda and starring Kento Yamazaki at Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan) and Asmik Ace was released in October 2017.[3] A six-episode sequel anime series entitled The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened premiered on Netflix in December 2019.

  1. ^ Lynzee, Loveridge (December 12, 2017). "Sequels Dominate Most Anticipated Winter 2018 Anime Poll". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Lynzee, Loveridge (December 12, 2017). "Sequels Dominate Most Anticipated Winter 2018 Anime Poll". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  3. ^ 山崎賢人が「斉木楠雄のΨ難」で主演、監督は「銀魂」も手がける福田雄一. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 1, 2016. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2016.


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