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Joker Game
Cover of Joker Game.
ジョーカー・ゲーム
(Jōkā Gēmu)
GenreSpy, Mystery[1]
Novel series
Written byKoji Yanagi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
Original runJune 23, 2011 – March 25, 2016
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
Live-action film
Directed byYu Irie
Written byYūsuke Watanabe
Music byTaisei Iwasaki
Released
  • January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)
Runtime107 minutes
Manga
Written bySubaru Nitō
Published byMag Garden
MagazineMonthly Comic Garden
Original runFebruary 5, 2016 – present
Anime television series
Directed byKazuya Nomura
Written byTaku Kishimoto
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioProduction I.G
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, BS11
Original run April 5, 2016 – June 21, 2016
Episodes12[2] (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken
StudioProduction I.G
Released July 27, 2016 – September 28, 2016
Episodes2

Joker Game (Japanese: ジョーカー・ゲーム, Hepburn: Jōkā Gēmu) is a Japanese novel series written by Koji Yanagi. It has inspired a live-action film and an anime television series.[1] A television anime adaptation produced by Production I.G aired between April 5, 2016 and June 21, 2016.[3]

Characters

The newly recruited agents in the D-Agency. From left to right: Odagiri, Fukumoto, Hatano, Kaminaga, Miyoshi, Amari, Tazaki and Jitsui.
Miyoshi (三好, Miyoshi)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono

Standing at 168 cm, he is a narcissist with a little bit of arrogance. He often talks in a sarcastic tone. Like Kaminaga, he often works overseas. At first, he acts bitter towards Sakuma due to his fixed thought about the military. But this soon changes after the incident in Gordon's house. Despite his personality, according to Johan, he is indeed a beautiful man.

Kaminaga (神永, Kaminaga)
Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura
Stands 173 cm tall, at first glance he gives the atmosphere of a mischievous, happy-go-lucky playboy. He is also proud and prideful. Like Miyoshi, he works overseas.
Odagiri (小田切, Odagiri)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Heights 172 cm. His real name is Tobisaki Hiroyuki. Graduated from military academy and cadet school, he is unique compared to other members of D-Agency. He is appointed as the second lieutenant. He rarely laughs and is somewhat distant to the other D-Agency members. In most visuals, he is shown to be not very good at handling alcohol.

Amari (甘利, Amari)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa

One of the oldest along with Kaminaga, he is 175 cm. A man with a sociable and caring personality, he is like a big brother to the other agency members. A very carefree man who is good at handling women.

Hatano (波多野, Hatano)
Voiced by: Yuki Kaji

He has the shortest build, standing at 162 cm. While he is said to be charming with his pride, he has a cheeky personality. He also masters martial arts and is very agile.

Jitsui (実井, Jitsui)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

He has a friendly personality, even to Sakuma who was antagonized by most of the members of the agency. He is soft-spoken and caring. But sometimes when he is against a hostile enemy, he shows a sadistic side. He is 165 cm.

Tazaki (田崎, Tazaki)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

He is 173 cm. He talks calmly and gives an intellectual atmosphere which makes him sounds older than he looks. He has the habit of playing magic when he is thinking. In his conversation card, Amari stated that he can see how stressed Tazaki is from the amount of pigeons flying out from his coat.

Fukumoto (福本, Fukumoto)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai

The tallest of the group, standing at 178 cm. While he is goofy and quiet in nature, he gets along with Odagiri. He can cook.

Jirou Gamou (蒲生 次郎, Gamou Jirou)
Voiced by: Kenjirou Tsuda

A professional at chess. He is known as a good man even to missions that require no emotions.

Sakuma (佐久間, Sakuma)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki

A man from the Imperial Japanese Army. He was sent to D-Agency to work as a liaison. A soldier with diligence and cautious of his surroundings. While he personally dislikes spies, after the incident in Gordon's house, he's grown to understand about them. He heights 176 cm.

Yuuki (結城, Yuuki)
Voiced by: Kenyuu Horiuchi

A lieutenant colonel to the Imperial Japanese Army, and also a spymaster. He is the founder of D-Agency. He once worked as a spy and given the nickname "Demon Lord". He was originally known as Akira Arisaki, the adopted son of Viscout Arisaki. He was very intelligent and consistently got the top grades as a student, but he would be expelled from military school for his cowardice tactics when fighting. This led him to open up the D-Agency, or so is how the information trail he left behind explains,but the spy who uncovers this information finds that it may all be a fabrication taken from another individual altogether. He is 180 cm.

Media

Novels

Kōji Yanagi published the original novel, Joker Game, in 2008. He followed it with Double Joker in 2009 and Paradise Lost in 2012.[1] The series is published by Kadokawa Shoten.[4]

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム[5])June 23, 2011[5]978-4-04-382906-4
2Double Joker (ダブル・ジョーカー[6])June 22, 2012[6]978-4-04-100328-2
3Paradise Lost (パラダイス・ロスト[7])June 21, 2013[7]978-4-04-100826-3
4Last Waltz (ラスト・ワルツ[8])March 25, 2016[8]978-4-04-104023-2

Film

A live-action action suspense film directed by Yu Irie based on the novel was released on January 31, 2015.[9][10] The film earned ¥271 million on its opening weekend in Japan.[10]

Manga

A manga by Subaru Nitō adapting the anime was announced in the February 2016 issue of Mag Garden's Comic Garden magazine. It began its serialization in the March 2016 issue of Mag Garden's Comic Garden Magazine on February 5, 2016, which contained the first two chapters of the manga.[11]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 May 10, 2016[12]978-4800005724
Chapter not yet in tankōbon format

The following chapter have not yet been published in a collected volume:

  1. Jōkā Gēmu (Zenpen) (ジョーカー・ゲーム（前編）)
  2. Jōkā gēmu (Chūhen) (ジョーカー・ゲーム（中編）)
  3. Jōkā Gēmu (Kōhen) (ジョーカー・ゲーム（後編）)
  4. Gosan (Zenpen) (誤算（前編）)
  5. Gosan (Kōhen) (誤算（後編）)

Anime

An anime television series was announced in the September issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Newtype magazine. The series was produced by Production I.G, directed by Kazuya Nomura and written by Taku Kishimoto. Shirow Miwa provided the series' character designs and Kenji Kawai composed the music.[1] The anime began airing on April 5, 2016 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi and BS11, finishing on June 21, 2016.[3][13] Two Blu-ray home video release volumes will contain an original video animation each, titled Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken, which is scheduled for release on July 27, 2016 and September 28, 2016, respectively.[14][15] QUADRANGLE performed the anime's opening theme, titled "Reason Triangle", and MAGIC OF LiFE performed the anime's ending theme, titled "Double".

Episode list

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Reception

Joker Game won the Mystery Writers of Japan award in 2009.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kōji Yanagi's Joker Game Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "Joker Game Spy Mystery Anime Will Have 12 Episodes". Anime News Network. March 30, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Joker Game Spy Anime Premieres on April 5". Anime News Network. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "Joker Game". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  5. ^ a b ジョーカー・ゲーム. Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  6. ^ a b ダブル・ジョーカー. Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  7. ^ a b パラダイス・ロスト. Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  8. ^ a b ラスト・ワルツ. Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  9. ^ ジョーカー・ゲーム(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  10. ^ a b Gavin J. Blair (February 2, 2015). "Japan Box Office: 'Big Hero 6' Tops Fifth Weekend, 'Exodus' Opens in Fourth". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Joker Game Spy Anime Gets Manga Adaptation in February". Anime News Network. January 4, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  12. ^ ジョーカー・ゲーム THE ANIMATION 1 (BLADE COMICS) [Joker Game The Animation 1 (Blade Comics)]. Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  13. ^ "Joker Game Anime Reveals Key Visual, Additional Staff, April Premiere". Anime News Network. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  14. ^ "BD&DVD TVアニメ『ジョーカー・ゲーム』公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  15. ^ "Joker Game Anime Blu-rays to Include Original Animation". Anime News Network. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.

External links

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