The story follows Loid Forger, an enigmatic spy who has to "build a family" to execute a mission, not realizing that his adopted daughter is a telepath, and the woman he agrees to marry is a skilled assassin.

The series has been serialized biweekly on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ platform since March 2019, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes as of September 2024.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Wit Studio and CloverWorks premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliate stations in April 2022 and was licensed by Muse Communication in Asia and Crunchyroll worldwide.

An anime film titled Spy × Family Code: White, featuring a returning cast from the television series, was released theatrically in Japan in December 2023 and in the United States and Canada in April 2024.

Despite these unknown factors and Twilight's occasional lapses of common sense due to years of being a spy, he must learn to play the role of the perfect father and husband to carry out his mission.

[8] When Lin was moved from the Jump Square editorial department to Shōnen Jump+, Endo happily followed, and they began developing a new work.

Spy × Family takes elements from three of Endo's Jump Square one-shots: Rengoku no Āshe (煉獄のアーシェ, lit.

With Tista and Blade of the Moon Princess both having a dark tone, the editor told Endo to give Spy × Family a more cheerful one.

[8] Written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo, Spy × Family has been serialized biweekly on the Shōnen Jump+ app and website since March 25, 2019.

On December 20, 2023, Shueisha released an audiobook version of the light novel, featuring the voices of Miyuri Shimabukuro and Ryōhei Arai.

[21][22][23] The third volume, The Mysterious Dog and the Bombing Incident (ふしぎな犬と爆弾事件, Fushigina Inu to Bakudan Jiken), is also written by the same writer and was released on November 11, 2023.

[28] The series was directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, with character designs handled by Kazuaki Shimada, and music is composed and produced by (K)now Name.

It includes information for the main characters; details of the first twelve episodes; key arts for location settings and stories; storyboards; interviews and comments from the staff, the actors and the singers of the first opening and first ending songs, Official Hige Dandism and Gen Hoshino.

[42] On September 12, 2023, it was reported that Tomoya Nakamura and Kento Kaku would voice the movie-original villain duo for the movie named Dmitri and Luka, respectively.

[48][49] On September 22, 2023, it was announced that Banjō Ginga and Shunsuke Takeuchi was cast for the role of two other villains, Snidel and Type F.[50][51] A limited-printed booklet, named Spy × Family Code: White Film File was distributed exclusively for early movie audiences in Japan.

[52][53] On 9 January 2024, AR illustration cards drawn by Tatsuya Endo were announced to be distributed for movie audiences in Japan.

It contained a QR code on the back that can display a 3D pop-out model of Anya Forger speaking her voice lines if read by smart phones.

[55][56] On December 4, 2023, Capcom social media released the animated short video of Yor Forger and Street Fighter 6's character Chun-Li dueling on Suval'hal Arena stage.

[57][58][59][60][61] On 9 January 2024, Capcom revealed and released the in-game collab items, which are avatar costumes based on Yor's Thorn Princess dress and Loid Forger's signature dark cyan suit.

A parody poster illustration featuring the main characters of the anime replacing the Mission: Impossible cast was released with the announcement, as was a highlight video for Dead Reckoning Part One narrated by the voice actors of the Forgers.

The cast also featured Kurumu Okamiya and Tsubasa Takizawa as Yuri Briar, Kento Kinouchi as Franky Franklin, Manato Asaka as Sylvia Sherwood, Sōma Suzuki as Henry Henderson, and Nonoka Yamaguchi as Fiona Frost.

[73][74] Titled Spy × Anya: Operation Memories,[c] the game was developed by Groove Box Japan and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

As a daily-life simulation game, it gives the player the options to visit locations in the series, participate in minigames, and customize the characters' appearances and outfits.

Participants were put on the role of a newcomer agent from the in-universe spy agency WISE, trying solving hidden codes at various locations around the park.

[87] On July 10, 2023, Shueisha announced the return of "Manga Dive", an immersive VR experience, at Lumine Zero event hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

The three Shōnen Jump+ series, Spy × Family, Chainsaw Man and Dandadan were chosen to be the main features of the VR show.

The show was projected on five surfaces of the event hall by the use of twelve projectors and the sounds were presented by eight speakers to simulate a stereoscopic experience for the audiences.

He described the family setup of Loid as the straight man, Yor the "dumb character" and Anya the adorable child "that readers fall in love with," as the perfect recipe for a comedy.

The reviewer called the artist's range of facial expressions his secret weapon, which he deploys to win over the hearts and minds of readers; particularity with those of Anya, whom Collins said, "steals every page she appears on.

Like the other reviewers, Lee praised Endo's art, writing that he has a knack for action scenes, as well as "expressive panels that really show you how the characters are feeling.