Toshiya Wakabayashi

Toshiya Wakabayashi's manga Happy Kanako's Killer Life has moved into adaptation on two fronts. In July 2026, DMM TV announced a second season of its live-action series, with Non and Taisuke Fujigaya returning as Kanako and Sakurai and Tsutomu Hanabusa back to direct and co-write. The first season had debuted on DMM TV in February 2025 and reportedly accumulated over 130 million social media views, a performance record the second season follows.

By August 2026, DMM TV had set a September 17 debut for that second season and unveiled a new key visual. The returning cast and director were confirmed again at that point, leaving the live-action side with a fixed date and an unchanged core team.

Two months later, TOHO animation announced a television anime adaptation for April 2027. Shinji Takamatsu, whose credits include Gintama and Kochikame, directs at the studio Drive and oversees series scripts. Yoshiyuki Okubo is character designer and chief animation director, and Hana Tamegai voices Kanako, with Ryota Suzuki as Sakurai and Junichi Suwabe as the company president. The announcement was teased in advance with a picture of otters and the words "Otter Agent."

The property now carries two adaptations at once, one streaming and one broadcast, both drawing on the same manga about an office worker who quits an abusive workplace, joins an agency of contract killers, and finds she has a natural talent for the work. The manga runs under the Seikaisha Comics label and is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.