The upcoming Liar Game TV anime will begin airing on April 7. A key visual was also revealed.
©Kaitani Shinobu Products/Shueisha, LIAR GAME Committee
More cast members were unveiled as well:
• Yasutaka Tomioka as Teruyuki Eda
• Shoya Ishige as Takahiro Kikuzawa
• Ryosuke Asano as Hiroto Kitamura
• Taro Kiuchi as Tetsuzo Sato
• Riko Akechi as Makiko Tamura
• Toshinari Fukamachi as Daisuke Danno
• Naoya Miyase as Kosuke Tsunoda
• Misuzu Yamada as Reina Nishihara
• Taihi Kimura as Shingo Fujita
• Misano Sakai as Jun Hosoe
• Aya Gomazuru as Yuki Makihara
• Ryo Nishizawa as Fumio Matsubara
• Taku Yashiro as Takayoshi Miura
• Yo Taichi as Hitomi Miyahara
LIAR GAME is based on the manga by Shinobu Kaitani. The anime’s synopsis reads:
A Mysterious Invitation. One Hundred Million Yen. The Game Begins. College student Nao Kanzaki suddenly receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen. She’s been chosen to participate in the LIAR GAME—a high-stakes psychological battle where lies, deception, and betrayal reign supreme. Naïve and painfully honest, Nao quickly finds herself cornered. To survive, she turns to Shinichi Akiyama, a brilliant former con artist with unmatched intellect. As they dive deeper into the twisted game, the two must outwit opponents in a world where trusting others could be fatal.
In a game built on lies, can honesty prevail?
The LIAR GAME manga debuted in Shueisha’s Young Jump in 2005 and released its sixth and final volume in 2014. It inspired two live-action series, one Japanese and one South Korean.
Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
Staff
• Chief director: Yuzo Sato (The Gene of AI director)
• Director: Asami Kawano (The Vampire Dies In No Time assistant director)
• Series composition and screenwriter: Tatsuhiko Urahata (Baki Hanma)
• Character designer: Kei Tsuchiya (Trillion Game)
• Sound director: Kisuke Koizumi (Trillion Game, My Happy Marriage)
• Animation production: Madhouse
Cast
• Saya Hitomi as Nao Kanzaki
• Takeo Otsuka as Shinichi Akiyama
Source: Press release
