God of Death & Hiromi Shiota's voice cast members announced

This year's 12th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday more of the cast in the Assassination Classroom anime. Nobunaga Shimazaki will play the God of Death, and Kotono Mitsuishi wil play Hiromi Shiota. The magazine is also announcing that Yusei Matsui will end the original manga in five more chapters in March.

Matsui launched the manga in July 2012, and Shueisha plans to ship the 18th and 19th compiled volumes on March 4 and April 4, respectively. The manga's 17th volume (pictured at right) shipped on December 28. The series has more than 20 million copies in print.

Viz Media is publishing manga in North America, and it describes the story:

A humorous and action-packed story about a class of misfits who are trying t o kill their new teacher – an alien octopus with bizarre powers and super strength! The teacher has just destroyed the moon and is threatening t o destroy the earth – unless his students can destroy him first. What makes things more complicated is that he's the best teacher they've ever had!

The first television anime series premiered in Japan last January, and Funimation streamed the series as it aired. A second series premiered on January 7. Funimation is streaming the series as it airs in Japan.

The first live-action film adaptation opened in Japan last March, and a second will open in Japan on March 25. The Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal hosted the first film's international premiere last July. The Fantastic Fest film festival, held in Austin, Texas from September to October, screened the film's U.S. premiere.