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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 saw Crunchyroll announce the streaming of the sequel Great Pretender Razbliuto anime worldwide, beginning on Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The only areas in the world where Crunchyroll will not be streaming the series are in Japan and the Middle East.
The Great Pretender Razbliuto anime will premiere and stream exclusively in Japan on the DMM TV streaming service on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 12 a.m. Japanese Standard Time.
The anime previously screened in cinemas in North America on January 9 and 10. Manga Productions holds the master license for the anime in 16 countries in the Middle East, with the series planned for a concurrent release in South Africa and the Middle East as Japan.
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The Great Pretender Razbliuto anime series series as a sequel to the original Great Pretender anime. The series focused on Dorothy, a gifted swindler, who is supposedly dead after losing a game with a Shanghai organization.
She finds herself in a small town in Taipei, having no memory of her past. However, due to being chased by Taipei’s black society, Dorothy heads to Kyoto where another surprise lies in wait.
Great Pretender Razbliuto anime series set to feature returning staff from the original anime
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As mentioned above, the Great Pretender Razbliuto anime series serves as a sequel to the original and will feature much of the staff from the first series returning.
Hiro Kaburagi returned as director and was also in charge of series composition with Taku Kishimoto. Previous head writer Ryota Kosawa is credited for script supervision, with Mai Teshima as the assistant director.
Shosuke Ishibashi replaced Kyoji Asano as chief animation director, credited alongside Hirotaka Kato in the role. Ketia Shimizu is no longer credited for design, while Akyo Okuda and Shosuke Ishibashi remain in the role.
Yumiko Sudou was credited as art director alongside returning art director Yusuke Takeda. The Great Pretender Razbliuto anime’s cast includes the following:
- Yuka Komatsu as Dorothy
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Jei
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Ai
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Lin
- Yasuyuki Kase as Wan
- Mitsuaki Kanuka as Sai
- Mariya Ise as Bin
The original Great Pretender anime series premiered in July 2020 on Fuji TV’s +Ultra programming block, running for two cours with a total of 23 episodes. Netflix streamed the anime exclusively outside of Japan in August 2020, but the series released on the platform in Japan ahead of international regions.
Artist Daichi Marui launched a manga adaptation of the original anime series on Mag Garden’s Mag Comi website and the LINE Manga service in June 2020. However, the manga went on hiatus in September 2020 due to Marui’s poor health.
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