It has been announced that a project to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the TV anime series "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!", based on the manga by Akira Amano that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) in October 2026, will be launched. A new visual, "20th Anniversary Visual," drawn by character designer Masayoshi Tanaka, has been released. In addition to Reborn and Tsunayoshi Sawada, the 10th generation Vongola Family members, Xanxus and S. Squalo from the Varia, and Byakuran from the Millefiore Family, are depicted clad in white suits and moving "forward."
The year 2026 will be the "20th Anniversary Year," and a special website and official anime social media accounts have been established. A "20th Anniversary PV," a PV looking back on the anime, has also been released on YouTube. Two of the opening themes used in the series are "Drawing days" and "LISTEN TO THE STEREO!!."
It was also announced that short videos of all 203 episodes of the TV anime will be released daily on YouTube and various social media platforms starting from January 4, 2026.
At Jump Festa 2026, which will be held at Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba City) from December 20th, novelties commemorating the opening of the anniversary year will be distributed. The Marvelous booth will be distributing the Disciplinary Committee Armband worn by Hibari Kyoya, while the ADK Emotions booth will be distributing the Death Will Flame Headband, which will allow you to transform into Tsuna with a flame on his forehead.
"Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" from 2004 to 2012. It depicts Reborn, who looks like a baby but is actually a hitman, trying to raise Sawada Tsunayoshi, a timid boy who is bad at sports and studying, to become the 10th boss of the Italian mafia, the Vongola Family.
The TV anime series aired from October 2006 to September 2010. It was directed by Kenichi Imaizumi (Kingdom), with series composition by Nobuaki Kishima (Doraemon the Movie series and Initial D: Final Stage), and character design by Hiroaki Tanaka (Anohana : The Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day 'Suzume, Hidekazu Ichise as Hayato Gokudera, Yu Inoue as Takeshi Yamamoto, Hidenobu Kiuchi Kiuchi as Ryohei Sasagawa, Kenjiro Tsuda as Lambo, Kenjiro Tsuda as Adult Lambo, Takashi Kondo as Kyoya Hibari, Toshinobu Iida as Mukuro Rokudo, and Satomi Akesaka as Chrome Dokuro.
