High Card

High Card
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Created by
Manga
High Card -♢9 No Mercy
Written byHomura Kawamoto
Illustrated byEbimo
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineManga Up!
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 31, 2022 – present
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byJunichi Wada
Written by
  • Naoki Kuroyanagi
  • Kenichi Yamashita
  • Kazuhiko Inukai
  • Shingo Nagai
Music byRyo Takahashi
StudioStudio Hibari
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, SUN, TV Aichi
Original run January 9, 2023 November 5, 2024
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
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High Card (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno, and TMS Entertainment. It consists of a manga series, a novel series, drama CDs, and an anime television series produced by Studio Hibari, which aired from January to March 2023, with its second season aired from January to March 2024. The project's theme is poker,[2] with everything from the title to the names of fictional locations referencing some form of playing card game.

During a preview of the anime series at Anime NYC in November 2022, Kawamoto and Muno further explained that High Card was heavily inspired by the Kingsman movies, including their decision to put the setting in a fictional kingdom outside of Japan, hoping to appeal to a wider audience across the world.[3]

  1. ^ "Aniplus Asia Airs High Card Anime". Anime News Network. December 29, 2022. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  2. ^ Cecil, Dyllan (June 10, 2021). "Kakegurui Creator Now Working on High Card, a New Multimedia Series". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  3. ^ Sugah, Jamie (January 9, 2023). "HIGH CARD Creators Promise An Exciting Series - The Geekiary". The Geekiary. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2023.