Kadokawa unveiled the first full promotional video, key visual, main staff, additional cast members, and October 2024 premiere for the television anime of Riichirou Inagaki and Ryōichi Ikegami‘s Trillion Game manga during the AnimeJapan 2024 event on Saturday.
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The newly announced cast includes:
M.A.O as Kirika Kokuryu
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Hiroki Tōchi as Kazuki Kedōin
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Yuki Tanaka as Rinrin Takahashi
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Yūzō Satō (Kaiji) is directing the anime at Madhouse. Ryunosuke Kingetsu (Police in a Pod) is overseeing the series scripts. Kei Tsuchiya (Police in a Pod) is designing the characters. Takurō Iga (Asteroid in Love) is composing the music.
The staff also includes:
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The anime’s main cast members are:
The anime will air in October on TBS and other channels in Japan.
The manga centers on the carefree Haru and the serious Gaku, two men who plot to earn a trillion dollars in order to afford anything they might ever want in the world. Haru is an eloquent, persuasive, and confident speaker, which allows him to be in anyone’s good graces. Gaku is an awkward but highly skilled programmer. The two were schoolmates in middle school, and reunite when Gaku’s application to a bank company is rejected.
Inagaki (Eyeshield 21, Dr. Stone) and Ikegami (Crying Freeman) launched the manga in Shogakukan‘s Big Comic Superior magazine in December 2020. Shogakukan published the manga’s eighth compiled book volume on November 30. Viz Media licensed the manga. The manga has more than 1.5 million copies in circulation.
The manga inspired a live-action series adaptation that premiered on the TBS channel and its affiliates in July 2023. Ren Meguro from idol group Snow Man plays protagonist Haru Tennōji, while Hayato Sano plays Manabu “Gaku” Taira. Netflix is streaming the series. The series is also getting a live-action film in 2025. The film will feature a returning cast.
Source: Press release
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