Great Pretender (TV series)

Great Pretender
Anime key visual
Clockwise from top left: Makoto, Laurent, Abigail, and Cynthia
GenreComedy,[1] crime,[2] heist
Created byWit Studio
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Hiro Kaburagi
  • Assistant director:
  • Ryōji Masuyama
Produced by
  • Song Jingzhou
  • Masaya Saitō
  • Noriko Ozaki
Written byRyōta Kosawa
Music byYutaka Yamada
StudioWit Studio
Licensed byNetflix
Original networkFuji TV (+Ultra)
Original run June 2, 2020 September 21, 2020[a]
Episodes23 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byRyōta Kosawa
Illustrated byDaichi Marui
Published byMag Garden
English publisher
ImprintBlade Comics
MagazineMag Comi
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 10, 2020August 20, 2020
Volumes1
Original net animation
Great Pretender: Razbliuto
Directed by
  • Hiro Kaburagi
  • Assistant director:
  • Mai Teshima
Produced by
  • Youko Ueda
  • Kana Enomoto
  • Masaya Saitou
Written by
Music byYutaka Yamada
StudioWit Studio
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Released February 23, 2024 March 15, 2024
Episodes4 (List of episodes)
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Great Pretender (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Wit Studio, directed by Hiro Kaburagi and written by Ryōta Kosawa. The series' arcs are called "cases", and the first case (Los Angeles Connection) was released in June 2020 on Netflix in Japan. The series' first three cases (Los Angeles Connection, Singapore Sky, and Snow of London) were released worldwide on Netflix in August 2020, followed by its fourth case (Wizard of Far East) in November. The series also aired from July to December 2020 on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block. A sequel, Great Pretender: Razbliuto, premiered in February 2024.

  1. ^ Egan, Toussaint (August 30, 2020). "Netflix's Anime Heist Comedy Great Pretender Should Be Your Next Binge". IGN. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. ^ Harding, Daryl (May 8, 2020). "Wit Studio's Great Pretender Crime TV Anime Reveals Early Netflix Release Plans, New Trailer and Visual". Crunchyroll. Retrieved August 31, 2020.


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