Japan Synopsis
暗殺教室
A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota. The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Assassination Classroom. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Assassination Classroom itself).
The 2014–2016 Japan Window
Assassination Classroom holds position #221 of 581 Japan films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Assassination Classroom premiered alongside 180 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 180 other Japan films in 2015.
The 3106th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
175 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (55th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Assassination Classroom, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- child soldier · 1
- problem child · 1
- teacher · 26
- assassination · 17
- moon · 6
- japan · 454
- based on manga · 297
- monster · 91
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,551 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #664 of 1,714 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Fuji Television Network, Robot Communications, J Storm, Shueisha |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | March 21, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt3853452 |