Joker Game

Joker Game
First novel volume cover
ジョーカー・ゲーム
(Jōkā Gēmu)
GenreMystery, political thriller, spy[1][2]
Novel series
Written byKoji Yanagi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
Original runAugust 28, 2008March 25, 2016
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
Manga
D no Maō
Written byKayoko Shimotsuki
Published byShogakukan
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 5, 2009May 27, 2010
Volumes3
Manga
Written byKayoko Shimotsuki
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 14, 2014January 19, 2015
Volumes1
Live-action film
Directed byYu Irie
Written byYūsuke Watanabe
Music byTaisei Iwasaki
StudioToho
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)
Runtime107 minutes
Manga
Joker Game the Animation
Written bySubaru Nitō
Published byMag Garden
ImprintBlade Comics
MagazineMonthly Comic Garden
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 5, 2016February, 2018
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byKazuya Nomura
Produced by
  • Sachi Kawamoto
  • Kazuo Ōnuki
  • Hirotsugu Ose
  • Natsumi Mori
  • Noritomo Isogai
  • Keisuke Arai
  • Shungo Eguchi
  • Yōko Shiraishi
Written byTaku Kishimoto
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioProduction I.G
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, BS11
Original run April 5, 2016 June 21, 2016
Episodes12 + 2 OVA (List of episodes)
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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, two manga adaptations and an anime television series produced by Production I.G, which aired from April to June 2016.

  1. ^ "Kōji Yanagi's Joker Game Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. August 7, 2015. Archived from the original on August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Chapman, Jacob (April 13, 2016). "Episodes 1-2 - Joker Game". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020. Two episodes into Joker Game, and this political thriller is definitely done trying to bury the lede.