Gachiakuta
Gachiakuta | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Rudo | |
ガチアクタ | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Kei Urana |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | February 16, 2022 – present |
Volumes | 15 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Fumihiko Suganuma |
Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
Studio | Bones Film |
Licensed by | |
Original network | JNN (CBC TV, TBS) |
Original run | July 6, 2025 – present |
Episodes | 1 |
Gachiakuta (ガチアクタ; rgh. "Legit Trash")[3][a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Urana . It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in February 2022. As of June 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Bones Film premiered in July 2025.
Plot
[edit]A young boy named Rudo lives in the slums of a wealthy society among the "tribesfolk" population who descended from criminals exiled by society. Rudo detests the upper class' wastefulness as they often dump anything deemed trash, including criminals, into a massive dump site below the town known as "The Pit". Rudo was told by his foster father, Regto, that his biological father was dumped into The Pit for a crime before he was born. One day, after rummaging through a dump site, Rudo returns home to find Regto dead. Apprehended at the scene, Rudo is immediately charged with murder despite his innocence, due to his status as a tribesman. Unable to escape his fate, Rudo swears revenge upon the people, and is dumped into The Pit.
After being dumped into The Pit, Rudo awakens to find himself disoriented in a foul-smelling, endless landscape of trash. Rudo is then attacked by large beasts made of trash, and fends them off until he is rescued by a man named Enjin. The man explains to Rudo that he is in fact not underground, but has fallen to the surface from "The Sphere". After testing him and awakening his power as a "Giver", Enjin invites Rudo to join him as a "Cleaner". Enjin explains that the Cleaners are an organization of Givers who use the power of unique weapons known as "vital instruments" to hunt the trash beasts which attacked him. Rudo reluctantly accepts Enjin's offer to join the Cleaners, so long as it helps accomplish his goal of returning to The Sphere and enacting revenge on those who dumped him into The Pit.
Characters
[edit]- Rudo Surebrec (ルド スレブレック, Rudo Sureburekku)
- Voiced by: Aoi Ichikawa[4] (Japanese); Bryson Baugus[5] (English)
- A former Sphereite as well as Regto's adopted son whose false convictions led to him being sentenced to The Pit. After being saved from a group of trash beasts, he joins the Cleaners as part of a plan to enact murderous vengeance on his accusers and the true culprit. His vital instrument consists of 3R, a pair of gloves from the Watchman series, which were given to him by Regto before his death. Rudo's gloves allow him to give life to any three objects he wields, which are mainly trash since items that are still in good condition are harder for him to use. He would turn them into weapons or tools, though they would crumble after they have served their purpose. Rudo can focus the anima energy from 3 items into one item, boosting that specific item's power.
- Enjin (エンジン)
- Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[4] (Japanese); Christopher Wehkamp[5] (English)
- A fellow member of the Cleaners who saves Rudo from a horde of trash beasts. He carries a vital instrument called Umbreaker, which takes the form of an umbrella. He is also the leader of Team Akuta, one of the teams that compose the Cleaners.
- Zanka Nijiku (ザンカ・ニジク)
- Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[4] (Japanese); Corey Wilder[5] (English)
- A warrior Cleaner and master combatant, who was recruited by Enjin and part of Team Akuta. His vital instrument is a staff-like weapon named the Lovely Assistaff. He's from a noble family, who has a long-standing connection to the Hell Guards, a group of people who fight criminal Givers, and was initially trained to a Hell Guard like his older siblings.
- Jabber Wonger (ジャバー・ウォンガー, Jabā Wongā)
- Voiced by: Yuuki Shin[4] (Japanese); Zeno Robinson[5] (English)
- Jabber is a masochistic member of the Raiders who is obsessed with fighting.
- Riyo Reaper (リヨ・リーパー, Riyo Rīpā)
- Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori[4] (Japanese); Katie Caruso[5] (English)
- A carefree, energetic, and outgoing member of the Cleaners whose vital instrument comes in the form of a pair of scissors called The Ripper. She is also a former hitman.
- Chiwa (チワ)
- Voiced by: Miku Itō[6] (Japanese); Reshel Mae[7] (English)
- Chiwa is a Sphereite and a former friend of Rudo before he was thrown into the Pit.
- Regto (レグト, Reguto)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa[4] (Japanese); John Burgmeier[5] (English)
- Regto is a carefree Sphereite and Rudo's adoptive father.
- Semiu Grier (セミュ・グライア, Semyu Guraia)
- The receptionist at the Cleaners' headquarters. Using her vital instrument, Eyes, which takes the form of a pair of glasses, she can examine the overall capacities of a giver, which gives them the efficiency needed to join the organization. This ability can also be used in combat to detect incoming attacks.
- Tamsy Caines (タムジー・ケインズ, Tamujī Keinzu)
- Tamsy is a seemingly kind senior member of the Cleaner team Eager. Using his vital instrument, Tokushin, a Distaff, he can create a “Net” of threads to trap a large number of people, the more the opponent’s struggle the more tangled the thread gets making it extremely difficult to escape.
- Arkha Corvus (アルハ・コルバス, Aruha Korubasu)
- Arkha is the strong and charismatic boss of the Cleaners, who's vital instrument seemingly gives him foresight.
- Eishia Stilza (エイシア・スティルザ, Eishia Sutiruza)
- Eishia is an incredibly shy member of the Akuta Cleaner team, who can heal people with her vital instrument Type: Heal, which has the appearance of a black power cord.
Production
[edit]Urana credits experiences in her childhood as the main inspiration for Gachiakuta. The story's premise, where actions and feelings are imbued into personal belongings as "Anima", developed after Urana broke a belonging of her own as a child: "I had a pen that I really loved, and I broke it in two. Along with the sense of loss, I had a feeling like the pen was pleading with me".[8] Urana's experience is reflected in Gachiakuta as the story focuses on many characters who explore strong, personal connections to Anima-imbued objects called "Vital Instruments", and in Rudo's case, even trash thrown away by others. The idea for these Vital Instruments also originated in Urana's youth from observing the hangers that came with her grandmother's dry cleaning, a testament to Gachiakuta's themes about seeing value and potential in seemingly mundane and discarded things.[8]
Gachiakuta's art style is due to illustrations by Urana, complimented by graffiti designs from Ando Hideyoshi. Graffiti and street art provide not only avenues for expression, distinction, and safety for the story's characters, but also narrative significance for readers due to its use in storytelling. As for character design, Urana states that her process involved unexpected changes for Gachiakuta's characters: "I create them to be decent people, but then I actually draw them and for some reason, they turn out to be freaky weirdos. I've given up, realizing that this is who they truly are".[8]
Media
[edit]Manga
[edit]Written and illustrated by Kei Urana with graffiti designs by Ando Hideyoshi, the series began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on February 16, 2022.[9][10] As of June 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected in 15 tankōbon volumes.[11]
In August 2022, Urana stated an "overseas version" was in production.[12] In March 2023, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[13]
Volumes
[edit]No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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1 | May 17, 2022[14] | 978-4-06-527922-9 | January 16, 2024[15] | 979-8-88-877020-7 | ||
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2 | July 15, 2022[16] | 978-4-06-528430-8 | April 30, 2024[17] | 979-8-88-877094-8 | ||
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3 | September 16, 2022[18] | 978-4-06-529138-2 | July 23, 2024[19] | 979-8-88-877095-5 | ||
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4 | November 17, 2022[20] | 978-4-06-529777-3 | October 29, 2024[21] | 979-8-88-877096-2 | ||
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5 | February 17, 2023[22] | 978-4-06-530527-0 | January 21, 2025[23] | 979-8-88-877097-9 | ||
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6 | April 17, 2023[24] | 978-4-06-531344-2 | April 22, 2025[25] | 979-8-88-877152-5 | ||
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7 | July 14, 2023[26] | 978-4-06-532179-9 | July 22, 2025[27] | 979-8-88-877157-0 | ||
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8 | October 17, 2023[28] | 978-4-06-532888-0 | October 21, 2025[29] | 979-8-88-877283-6 | ||
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9 | December 15, 2023[30] | 978-4-06-533899-5 | — | — | ||
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10 | March 15, 2024[31] | 978-4-06-534863-5 | — | — | ||
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11 | June 17, 2024[32] | 978-4-06-535779-8 | — | — | ||
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12 | September 17, 2024[33] | 978-4-06-536774-2 | — | — | ||
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13 | December 17, 2024[34] | 978-4-06-537775-8 | — | — | ||
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14 | March 17, 2025[35] | 978-4-06-538707-8 | — | — | ||
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15 | June 17, 2025[11] | 978-4-06-539758-9 | — | — | ||
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
[edit]- 131. "Requesting Leave" (休暇届, Kyūka Todoke)
- 132. "The Doll Festival" (ドールフェスティバル, Dōru Fesutibaru)
- 133. "Too Lily" (トゥー・リリー, Tū Rirī)
- 134. "Showtime!!" (ショータイム!!, Shōtaimu!!)
- 135. "Meet and Greet" (ご挨拶, Go Aisatsu)
- 136. "Special Delivery" (配達物, Haitatsumono)
- 137. "The Real Doll Festival" (本当の“ドールフェスティバル”, Hontō no "Dōru Fesutibaru")
- 138. "Supreme" (崇高, Sūkō)
- 139. "Ruler Mymo" (支配者マイモー, Rūrā Maimō)
- 140. "Weakness (Part 1)" (弱点 1, Jakuten 1)
- 141. "Hands" (手, Te)
- 142. "Experience Points" (経験値, Keikenchi)
Anime
[edit]An anime television series produced by Bones Film and directed by Fumihiko Suganuma premiered on July 6, 2025 on CBC Television, TBS and their affiliates, and will run for two consecutive cours.[36][37][4][38][39] Prior to television airing, the series have received advanced screenings in more than 15 countries worldwide under the title Gachiakuta: World Takeover, starting with the world premiere event at the Shinjuku Piccadilly in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 4. Hiroshi Seko is serving as the series' scriptwriter, Satoshi Ishino as chief animator and head of character design, and Taku Iwasaki as music composer.[4][38][40] For the first cour, the opening theme is "HUGs" by Paledusk , while the ending theme is "Tomoshibi" (灯火) by DUSTCELL .[38] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[4] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[41]
Episodes
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No. | Title [42] | Directed by [42] | Storyboarded by [42] | Original release date [43] | |
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1 | "The Sphere" Transliteration: "Tenkai" (Japanese: 天界) | Ikurō Satō | Fumihiko Saganuma | July 6, 2025 | |
The wealthy people "Sphereites" throws away trash and the young boy Rudo makes a trash raid to gather things to fix and sell in the slums, he and the people of the slums are descendants of criminals and they are called "tribesfolk". A group of boys mocks Rudo as his father committed a "murder spree" and was sent to The Pit, an abyss where people are sentenced to after committing a crime. Rudo suffers a mysterious condition on his hands and gets pain from it, the pain is stopped when he wears the gloves his adoptive father Regto gave him. Rudo gifts his friend and crush Chiwa a stuffed animal, but when Rudo returns home he finds a mysterious masked figure who stabbed Regto; Rudo is subdued and the figure leaves with a book. Regto tells Rudo to change this unfair world before passing away, but Rudo is arrested by Sphereites police and is framed for the murder despite his innocence. As Rudo is about to be send to The Pit, all of the tribesfolk turn on him and cheers by sending away "the trash", Rudo sees Chiwa among them but she turns on him and says "he really is the son of a murderer", before she leaves by dropping her gift. Enraged by her betrayal, Rudo is disgusted that his people are no different from Sphereites and they themselves are the true trash. As he is dropped, Rudo swears revenge on the masked figure, the Sphereites, the tribesfolk and everyone who betrayed him. Rudo wakes up in mountain of trash and is met by a giant trash monster who attacks him. | |||||
2 | "Imbued" Transliteration: "Yadori-mono" (Japanese: 宿り物) | Satoshi Nakagawa | Fumihiko Saganuma | July 13, 2025 |
Reception
[edit]The columnist for Real Sound liked the world building, action, and dark fantasy elements of the story, as well as the main protagonist.[1] Masaki Endo from Tsutaya News liked the artwork and the main protagonist of the series.[44] Atsushi Ohkubo recommended the series.[45]
In the 2022 Next Manga Award, the series ranked 13th in the print manga category. It was also the most popular choice among English voters, even though the series had not been released in English at the time.[46] The series ranked 14th in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.[47] It was nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2023;[48] it was also nominated for the 48th edition in the same category in 2024.[49]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The official English translation merely romanizes the title, rather than translating it.
References
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External links
[edit]- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Gachiakuta at Kodansha Comics
- Gachiakuta (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia