The SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime release date is January 2027: Fuji TV in Japan, and Crunchyroll the same day for most of the world outside Asia. Nobody has named the exact day yet. Since the first announcement on September 9, the official site has added a second trailer, eight more cast members and an ending theme, and the manhwa itself has quietly come back in Korean with Season 5. Here's what's locked in, and what it means if you read the webtoon.
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SSS-Class Revival Hunter
Crunchyroll's second teaser for the anime, from its official YouTube channel.
SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime release date and staff
| Premiere | January 2027, day not announced |
| Broadcast | Fuji TV (Japan); Crunchyroll streams it the same day |
| Crunchyroll regions | North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore |
| Studio | STUDIO fu, produced by HAYATE |
| Director | Hiroaki Sakurai |
| Scripts | Sayuri Oba |
| Character design | Takahiro Yoshimatsu |
| Music | Ryo Kawasaki, Tomoyuki Kono |
| Ending theme | THE SPELLBOUND x BOOM BOOM SATELLITES |
| Japanese title | 死して生きるSSS級ハンター |
Kakao Entertainment confirmed the Fuji TV slot and the same-day Crunchyroll release on October 13. Three days earlier, New York Comic Con had already screened the first episode, so this isn't a show still on the drawing board.
The director is the name we'd watch. Sakurai made The Disastrous Life of Saiki K, a gag series, and the best parts of this story are Gong-ja talking his way out of corners, not sword fights. r/manhwa landed in the same place the day the staff was announced: "Director have amazing track record old anime Saiki k Maid sama The comedy will be amazing but idk about action stuff," one commenter wrote.
The cast so far
The SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime cast started with two leads in September. The October 11 trailer added eight more, including several of the guild leaders who drive the story.
| Character | Voice |
|---|---|
| Kim Gong-ja | Takeo Otsuka |
| Sword Emperor | Satoshi Hino |
| Flame Emperor | Toshiki Masuda |
| Witch of the Black Dragon | Megumi Han |
| Paladin | Sayaka Kinoshita |
| Countess | Risa Shimizu |
| Poisonous Viper | Makoto Furukawa |
| Inquisitor | Natsumi Fujiwara |
| Master Alchemist | Yuka Iguchi |
| Blade Saint | Shunsuke Sakuya |
Image: SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime official site, character design by Takahiro Yoshimatsu (© SSS-Class Revival Hunter Production Committee).
The setup on the official site follows the webtoon. Gong-ja is an F-rank hunter who idolizes the Flame Emperor, the top-ranked hunter. He sees something he shouldn't, gets killed for it, and his death triggers an S+ copy skill: he walks away with the Flame Emperor's own ability to return 24 hours into the past whenever he dies.
Image: SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime official site, character design by Takahiro Yoshimatsu (© SSS-Class Revival Hunter Production Committee).
The Sword Emperor is the other half of the act: a former top-class hunter who ends up bound to Gong-ja as a ghost through that same copy skill, and who starts treating him as a partner once he sees what the kid can do.
Not everyone loves the look. On the r/manhwa thread about the first visual, the top comment reads: "Gongja does look kinda generic but at the same there's something off about the anime design" (thread). The October trailer softened things a little: "The production quality looks underwhelming, but it's not exactly an action-oriented story, so it might turn out fine" (r/manhwa). We'd agree with the second one.
SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime release date vs the manhwa's Season 5
An older version of this page said the manhwa was on hiatus. That stopped being true on September 26, when Season 5 opened on KakaoPage, on a five-weeks-on, one-week-off schedule. Season 4 had ended at chapter 151 a year earlier. Crunchyroll's own posts show the jump: the September announcement counted 151 Korean episodes, the October one 156.
English readers are still waiting. Tapas posted that same chapter on December 7, 2025 and still shows only its Season 4 hiatus notice, with no Season 5 date. Tapas itself shuts down on March 31, 2027, and anything you unlocked there goes with it; no move to another English platform has been announced (what the shutdown means). Yen Press prints the volumes.
Should you read it before the anime?
Yes, at least the first arcs. The anime's synopsis starts where the webtoon starts, with a weak F-rank hunter and a skill that only works if he dies, so reading ahead costs you nothing and tells you whether the premise is your kind of thing. We'd read on Tapas without buying more Ink than you'll use before March. The SSS-Class Revival Hunter reading guide maps the seasons and the arcs worth pushing through; the review explains why the slow start pays off. If January feels far away, manhwa like SSS-Class Revival Hunter has the closest matches.
One naming note: the fan translation called it SSS-Class Suicide Hunter, and plenty of lists still do. The Korean original is SSS급 죽어야 사는 헌터 (SSS-geup Jugeoya Saneun Hunter), which the Korean publisher's notices shorten to 죽사헌. Crunchyroll, Tapas and Yen Press all use Revival Hunter, so that's the name to search once the anime is out.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime come out? January 2027. It airs on Fuji TV in Japan and streams the same day on Crunchyroll. The exact day in January hasn't been announced.
Where can I watch the SSS-Class Revival Hunter anime? Crunchyroll, in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. The rest of Asia isn't on the list.
Is SSS-Class Suicide Hunter the same series? Yes. SSS-Class Suicide Hunter is the older fan-translation name; SSS-Class Revival Hunter is the official English title on Tapas, Yen Press and Crunchyroll.
How we checked this: on October 19, 2026 we re-read Crunchyroll News' September 9 and October 11 posts, the anime's official site (news, staff and cast pages), Kakao Entertainment's statement as reported by Chosun Biz, the KakaoPage Season 5 notices, the Tapas series page and episode list, and the two r/manhwa threads quoted above. The character images come from the official site.
Last reviewed: October 19, 2026
Related Reading
- SSS-Class Revival Hunter Review: 7.5/10, Worth the Read?: the case for sticking with it past the slow early floors.
- SSS-Class Revival Hunter Reading Guide: Arcs and Season 5: every season's chapter range and where the English edition stops.
- SSS-Class Revival Hunter Characters: Names, Titles, Guilds: who the Flame Emperor, the Black Witch and the guild leaders in the cast list actually are.
- Manhwa Like SSS-Class Revival Hunter: death loops, tower climbs and clever leads to read while you wait.
References
- SSS-Class Revival Hunter Anime Adaptation Announced for January 2027, Will Stream on Crunchyroll (Crunchyroll News)
- SSS-Class Revival Hunter Anime Unveils Teaser Trailer, More Cast (Crunchyroll News)
- TV anime official site (Japanese)
- SSS-Class Revival Hunter Novel/Webtoon Gets Anime (Anime News Network)
- Kakao Entertainment adapts Korean hit SSS-class Hunter into anime for January (Chosun Biz)
- SSS-Class Revival Hunter on Tapas
