Official Announcement

Crunchyroll, the global anime brand, is taking “trash television” quite literally. The ultimate anime streaming service today announced that Gachiakuta, the next big hit in shonen anime based on the manga currently serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine, will stream exclusively on its platform in Summer 2025.

Produced by the renowned studio Bones Film (My Hero Academia, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), Gachiakuta is set to captivate audiences with its electrifying action, unique graffiti-inspired art style, and intense revenge-driven storyline—all set in a dystopian floating city where both trash and criminals are cast into an endless abyss.

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Story Overview

Gachiakuta follows Rudo, a young outcast framed for murder and exiled into a wasteland known as The Pit. After surviving his descent, he must fight monstrous Trash Beasts while navigating a brutal world, hoping to return to his home and seek vengeance.

Crunchyroll’s exclusive rights include worldwide streaming (excluding Belarus, Russia, and Asia, but including India), ensuring fans across the globe will be able to experience Gachiakuta.

Production Staff

The anime will be led by first-time series director Fumihiko Suganuma (Train to the End of the World), with series composition by Hiroshi Seko (DAN DA DAN, Chainsaw Man, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Attack on Titan Final Season, Mob Psycho 100).

Satoshi Ishino (Date A Live, Tokyo Mew Mew New) will serve as character designer and chief animation director. Taku Iwasaki (Bungo Stray Dogs, Shin Kamen Rider) will compose the music.

About the Manga

Gachiakuta is an action manga written and illustrated by Kei Urana and graffiti artist Hideyoshi Andou. It began serialization in February 2022 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine and won the Global Special Prize in the Comics category of the Next Manga Awards 2022.

Urana incorporated graffiti art into the series and enlisted Andou’s help to give the manga its signature style.

Creator & Staff Comments

Hiroshi Seko (Screenwriter):
“When I’m writing the scripts for Gachiakuta, it makes me want to blast my music. It makes me want to go out and have some fun. And it gives me the urge to meet up with my work buddies and friends for a good meal. An anime that makes you feel that way is the best. I mean that from the bottom of my heart.”

Kei Urana (Creator):
“I hope this anime stays in your soul! I’m looking forward to watching the Gachiakuta anime together with you all!”

Hideyoshi Andou (Graffiti Artist & Co-Creator):
“I hope the passion that Gachiakuta inspires reaches all of you! As you watch the animated Gachiakuta, I hope everyone feels the same spark of motivation!”

Asa Suehira (Chief Content Officer, Crunchyroll):
“Gachiakuta stands out as one of the most unique shonen anime in recent years, blending intense action with a striking artistic style. Crunchyroll is proud to partner with Kodansha and Bones Film to bring this exciting new story to fans worldwide, exclusively to the Crunchyroll streaming service.”

Official Synopsis

Crawl back from the abyss of Hell to change this lousy world!

Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich, who live a sumptuous life, casting their garbage off the side into the abyss. One day, he’s falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash.

Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any hope of discovering the truth and seeking vengeance, he will have to master a new power and join a group known as the Cleaners who battle the hulking Trash Beasts of The Pit.

—Official Press Release