Spy × Family

Spy × Family is an anime television series animated by Wit Studio that began airing on TV Tokyo in April 2022. The series adapts the manga written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. Kazuhiro Furuhashi directed the episodes.

Under the codename Twilight, an elite Westalian intelligence agent receives Operation Strix to monitor an extremist politician in Ostania. He creates the alias of psychiatrist Loid Forger, needing a child enrolled at Eden Academy to infiltrate elite school gatherings. He adopts an orphan named Anya, unaware that secret laboratory tests gave her the psychic ability to read minds. To complete the family setup, he marries municipal clerk Yor Briar, who conceals her secret work as an assassin.

Wit Studio animated the series in partnership with CloverWorks. Takuya Eguchi voices Loid, while Atsumi Tanezaki voices Anya. Kazuaki Shimada designed the animation characters, and musical group (K)NoW_NAME composed the score. The run in 2022 delivered 25 episodes across two separate broadcast periods. A second season of 12 episodes aired in 2023 under the direction of Furuhashi and Takahiro Harada. An anime film, Spy × Family Code: White, opened in Japanese movie theaters in December 2023 and earned 6.26 billion yen at the domestic box office.

Crunchyroll began streaming an English dub for international viewers in April 2022. At the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2023, the series won Best Comedy and Best New Series. The 2023 Tokyo Anime Award Festival awarded the series its Television Animation of the Year prize. Voice actress Atsumi Tanezaki earned Best Supporting Character at the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards for her vocal performance as Anya. Character designer Kazuaki Shimada also received the individual animation prize at the 2023 Tokyo Anime Award Festival.