Spy x Family Creator Thanks Fans for 2023 and Looks Forward to 2024

Tatsuya Endo, the creator behind the heartwarming anime series Spy x Family, is breaking in his stove for the new year.

Mangaka Tatsuya Endo posted a photo of him cooking a pot of soba noodles, confessing it was the first time he used the stove this year, adding that he only used the stove to cook Toshikoshi soba, which is traditionally eaten on New Year’s as it’s supposed to usher in the new year, last year. “2023 was a year filled with musicals, exhibitions, the second season of the TV anime, and a movie. Thank you very much to everyone who supported us. I hope that next year will be a wonderful year that everyone will enjoy.” The creator also hilariously edited Bond soaking in the hot water. The water may be a little too hot for the poor dog as he has a flushed sheen and sweat dripping down his face (but curiously, his fluffiness has remained unchanged). Anya is safely outside of the pot, waving to fans.

Based on Tatsuya Endo’s best-selling manga series, Spy x Family follows a found family comprised of a spy, an assassin and a telepath. Twilight, an elite WISE spy, has been tasked with an important mission called Operation Strix where he must find a family, enroll his child into a prestigious private school to get close to a man who has the power to disrupt the fragile peace between Westalis and Ostania. The problem is, he doesn’t have a wife nor a child. After donning on a fake identity as a psychiatrist named Loid Forger, he manages to get married and have a child, all in a span of seven days. The problem is, he doesn’t realize his wife, Yor, isn’t a city staffer–she’s an assassin, and his daughter Anya isn’t six years old–she’s a four year old telepath.

A joint production between CloverWorks and Wit Studio with Kazuhiro Furuhashi directing, Season 1 aired with 25 episodes in a split-cour format from April to October 2022. Furuhashi returned to direct Season 2 with Takahiro Harada as the assistant director, Ichiro Okouchi as the series script supervisor, Kazuaki Shimada as the character designer, and [K]NoW_NAME as the music producer. Yoko Kanno arranged and performed the music. Season 2 aired on Oct. 7 and ended on Dec. 23.

Spy x Family announced an original movie called Spy x Family Code: White where Loid whisked the entire family off to another country so Anya can try and recreate the favourite meal of the Eden Academy principal, after he hears he may be replaced in Operation Strix. The film has collaborated with Street Fighter 6 and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1. Spy x Family Code: White premiered on Dec. 22, 2023 in Japan.

Spy x Family also announced its first video game, called Spy x Anya: Operation Memories where Anya will create a photo diary of her life. The series revealed a musical adaptation called Musical Spy x Family which premiered in Tokyo in March 2023. Win Morisaki and Hiroki Suzuki portrayed Loid Forger; Fūka Yuzuki and Mirei Sasaki took turns playing Yor Forger while four child actors took turns portraying Anya Forger. In addition, Spy x Family‘s popularity took the series to a theme park called Spy x Family Secret Mission which opened at Universal Studios Japan from February to July 2023.

Spy x Family is available to stream on Crunchyroll and fans can read the manga on Viz Media.

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