On the company’s official channel TOHO Animation A special promotional video was shared announcing the return of the popular original anime released in 2020, Great Pretender. According to the video, a special announcement is prepared for next November 18 during the convention. Anime NYCWhat will it be about?
The event will feature the participation of the director Hiro Kaburagithe president of WIT Studio, George Wada and the producer associated with the studios Production IG, Hitoshi Itoso you can be sure that the announcement will be quite important.
The original twenty-three episode anime premiered during the season of Summer-2020 (July-September) through the platform Netflix at a global level. Additionally, a manga adaptation by Daichi Marui is published through the service MAGCOMI from the publisher Mag Garden since June 2020, although it was discontinued in August of the same year due to the author’s health problems.
Production team
- Hiro Kaburagi (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, Kimi ni Todoke, 91 Days) was in charge of directing the anime in WIT Studio.
- Ryota Kosawa (Doraemon Movie 42: Nobita to Sora no Utopia, Gamba: Gamba to Nakama-tachi) was in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, FLCL, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo) was in charge of the character design, with the assistance of Hirotaka Sato.
- Yutaka Yamada (Tokyo Ghoul, Vinland Saga, Babylon) was in charge of composing the soundtrack while Hata Shoji He was in charge of sound direction.
Synopsis of Great Pretender
A series of unfortunate events have led Makoto “Edamame” Edamura to embrace the life of crime: pickpocketing and conman to make a living. However, after scamming a seemingly clueless tourist, Makoto discovers that he was the one deceived and, to make matters worse, that the police are now after him. While fleeing from him, he meets the tourist again, who turns out to be another scammer named Laurent Thierry, and ends up following him to Los Angeles. In an attempt to defend his self-proclaimed title of “Japan’s Greatest Swindler,” Makoto challenges his rival to determine who is the best swindler.
Accepting the competition, Laurent leaves them in front of a huge mansion and states that his target will be the biggest mafia boss on the West Coast. Jumping from city to city, Great Pretender follows Makoto’s efforts alongside the cunning Laurent and his motley associates in the world of high-stakes international fraud. Soon, Makoto realizes that he has more than he bargained for, as his self-proclaimed abilities are continually tested.
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