An anime adaptation of The Fable has been announced.
The Fable began as a manga in 2014 from creator Katsuhisa Minami and ended in 2018. Minami is known for the 1999 series Naniwa Tomoare which ran until 2006.
The Fable follows the legendary hitman “The Fable” after being told to lay low for a year by his handler. Most importantly, it means no killing; but in a world rife with crime that might be harder than it sounds for him.
Fable is a legendary hitman who has completed numerous jobs for a variety of clients. After concluding his latest assignment, the number of people he has recently killed becomes too high, and Fable is ordered by his boss to lay low for a year. He is suggested that having to adapt to life as an ordinary citizen might prove a valuable experience for his future work.
Fable is to be accompanied by the woman who acts as his driver, and the two will assume new identities as siblings. However, their boss warns them that they will both face a deadly punishment if Fable kills anyone during his time off. Thus begins Akira and Youko Satou’s joint one-year sabbatical from the underworld.
Although the series ended in 2018, it’s succeeded by an ongoing sequel called The Fable: The Second Contact which began in 2021.
The Fable is released in English by Kodansha.
