Robby Monroe to direct, script film based on Teito Yuzuriha’s manga

Publishing company Comisma (ComicSmart, Inc.) announced on Thursday that it has entered into an agreement with London-based company Akili International to develop and produce an English live-action film of Teito Yuzuriha’s Zukyun x Bakyun manga. Robby Monroe has been “engaged” to direct the film and pen the screenplay.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, and describes the story:

Dan and Lyla are two highly trained, elite assassins who work together on the most dangerous of missions. They’ve only ever interacted on the job, so when Dan suddenly confesses his love for Lyla, the two find themselves up against something they have zero training for: romance! With their lives and hearts on the line, can this killer couple continue breaking bones without breaking each other’s hearts?

Yuzuriha launched the manga in Comisma’s GANMA! manga platform in October 2023, and ended it in September 2025. Comisma published the manga’s fifth compiled book volume digitally on January 1. Seven Seas Entertainment will release the first volume in September 2027.

Source: Press release

The official website for the television anime of author Kennoji and artist R_ringo‘s My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! (Dōkyo Shiteiru Kensei no Onna Shishō ga Kawaisugite Mainichi Shiawase Desu) manga unveiled a teaser promotional video on Friday. The teaser announces the anime’s cast and January 2027 television premiere.

The anime’s cast includes (Note: Some character name romanizations are not official):

Ai Kakuma as Liza Parsandra

Seena Hoshiki as Eugene Dawson

Hitomi Ueda as Cordelia Dawson

Azusa Tsujimori as Erin Toa

Tomoyo Takayanagi as Meris Eclipse

Miyu Tomita as Fiona Rosso

Minami Takahashi as Lumiere Theomere

Hitomi Ueda is also the anime’s narrator.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga and will release the manga starting in June 2027 as part of its Ghost Ship imprint. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the series:

One Man’s desire to become strong leads him to a powerful Sword Saint. While she’s got plenty of physical prowess and strength, her ditzy personality and stunning looks make her hard to resist! A fun and sexy rom-com manga that will get your blood flowing.

Her stats? Stacked. Her power? Unmatched. Her looks? Deadly gorgeous. There’s no better mentor to have than Liza Parsandra, a powerful Sword Saint, and Eugene Dawson is the lucky man chosen to be her trainee! But living and training with someone like Liza has unique challenges, especially when it comes to her scatterbrained nature. Between Liza’s ditzy moments and tendency towards skinship while training, Eugene has a hard time focusing on the right sword when he’s constantly in contact with the beautiful swordswoman!

Masayoshi Nishida (Princess Knight, Little Astro Boy, Makina-san’s a Love Bot?!) is directing the anime at Wolfsbane and Lightbox. Noriyoshi Sasaki is the series’ technical director. Yōhei Kashii (TenPuru, My One-Hit Kill Sister, Makina-san’s a Love Bot?!) is in charge of series scripts. Ichirō Tanaka is designing the characters, with Ayame Etō and Yusho Hayakawa are the sub-character designers. Hayakawa is also the chief animation director. 12sound is composing the music. WWWave Corporation‘s Deregula anime label is producing the anime.

Kazuki Kuwahara is directing the sound. Kumiko Yoshikawa is designing the props, weapons, and small objects. Norifumi Nakamura is directing the art. Fuyuto Muraguchi is the color key artist. Kōhei Ogawa is the compositing director of photography at Gekkō. Nao Kawakami is editing, and is also credited for production supervision. Atomu Saegusa (also known as Takatora Shiomi) is credited for setting development. Kōhei Motokawa is the animation producer.

The manga launched on the KadoComi website in March 2024. The second volume shipped on January 23.

Kennoji‘s other works include: Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist, The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend, I Time-Traveled and Confessed to Ｍy Teacher Crush, and Hazure Skill. Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist inspired a television anime in July 2021.

Sources: My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! anime’s website, Comic Natalie