WIT Studio has a big new project coming up this summer with Great Pretender that looks to still be on track for its Japanese debut. The show dropped on Netflix on June 2nd, 2020 in Japan but there’s actually a way to sort of watch the first episode now. The distributor for the show, TOHO, put together a live stream event earlier today for it which included time with the cast and production but also included streaming of the first episode itself, which you can see within it below. Now, it’s obviously not subtitled or dubbed so it’s just a raw stream, but if you want to get a handle on how the show feels and its strong music elements, it’s definitely worth taking a look at.
Interestingly, Netflix will be releasing it in batches with five episodes on the 2nd and 9th and then four on the 16th. The remaining episodes will be set for a date later. Each batch corresponds to a case within the show.
The series is directed by Hiro Kaburagi based on the scripts from Ryota Kosawa. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is on the character designs and Hirotaka Kato is serving as the chief animation director along with Kyoji Asano.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Makoto “Edamame” Edamura
- Junichi Suwabe as Laurent Thierry
- Natsumi Fujiwara as Abigail “Aby” Jones
- Mie Sonozaki as Paula Dickins
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Makoto Edamura is supposedly Japan’s greatest swindler. Together with his partner Kudo, they try to trick a Frenchman in Asakusa but unexpectedly get tricked instead. The Frenchman, whom they tried to swindle, turns out to be Laurent Thierry- a much higher-level ‘confidence man,’ in control of the mafias. Edamura is yet to find out what fate awaits him, after having engaged in the Frenchman’s dirty jobs…!
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