Joker Game
| Joker Game | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ジ ョ ー カ ー ・ ゲ ー ム |
| transcription | Jōkā Gēmu |
| novel | |
| author | Kōji Yanagi |
| publishing company | Kadokawa Shoten |
| First publication | 2008-2016 |
| expenditure | 4th |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Subaru Nitō |
| publishing company | Likes garden |
| magazine | Monthly Gangan Joker |
| First publication | February 5, 2016 - ... |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2016 |
| Studio | Production IG |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Kazuya Nomura |
| music | Kenji Kawai |
| First broadcast | April 5th, 2016 on AT-X , MBS , Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation , Tokyo MX , TV Aichi |
Joker Game ( Japanese ジ ョ ー カ ー ・ ゲ ー ム , Jōkā Gēmu ) is a series of novels by Kōji Yanagi . It was published in four volumes in Japan from 2008 to 2012 and was adapted as a manga , feature film, and anime television series. The story is about a Japanese espionage organization during the Second World War .
content
In 1937, Japan established a secret espionage organization to keep up with the intelligence agencies of competing states. Under the direction of Lieutenant Yūki ( 結 城 ), spies are trained here in natural sciences, technology, sports and languages, so that they are then well prepared for their missions all over the world. The organization is named D-Gikan. Only civilians with a distant relationship with the military are among the nine graduates. A principle of the work of the spies, unlike the soldiers, is that killing and being killed is always the worst solution in any predicament.
The plot follows the spies on their missions, each in a different city in the world. Meanwhile, Yūki always tries to assert himself with his information against the military, with whom he is increasingly in conflict. So it comes to the establishment of a second military secret service, which Yūki with the help of his coworkers can show as incompetent. The D-Gikan counter-espionage in Japan also has to fight back.
Publications
Novels
The novel by Kōji Yanagi was published in four parts, the first came out in 2008, the following in 2009 and 2012. Kadokawa Shoten brought the books out again from 2011 and on March 25, 2016, the fourth and final part followed. In 2009 the first novel was awarded the prize of Nihon Suiri Sakka Kyōkai , an organization of the Japanese authors of mystery novels.
Motion picture
Directed by Yū Irie and based on a script by Yūsuke Watanabe , a real-life film was created based on the novels, which was released in Japan on January 31, 2015.
Manga
In the magazine Monthly Gangan Joker of Mag Garden since February 2016 a manga adaptation of the novels appear. It was drawn by Subaru Nitō .
Anime television series
At Production IG , the novels were converted into an anime series for television in 2016 . Directed by Kazuya Nomura , lead author was Taku Kishimoto . Toshiyuki Yahagi was responsible for the character design and the artistic director was Yoshio Tanioka . The series was shown in Japan from April 5 to June 21, 2016 by AT-X , MBS , Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation , Tokyo MX and TV Aichi . The Internet platform Crunchyroll published the episodes in parallel internationally, including with German, English and Spanish subtitles.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Yūki | Kenyu Horiuchi |
| Lieutenant Sakuma | Tomokazu Seki |
| Miyoshi | Hiro Shimono |
| Kaminaga | Ryohei Kimura |
| Odagiri | Yoshimasa Hosoya |
| Amari | Toshiyuki Morikawa |
| Hatano | Yūki Kaji |
| Jitsui | Jun Fukuyama |
| Tazaki | Takahiro Sakurai |
| Fukumoto | Kazuya Nakai |
| Jirō Gamō | Kenjiro Tsuda |
music
The music for the series is by Kenji Kawai . The opening credits are underlaid with the song Reason Triangle by Quadrangle and double by Magic of Life was used for the credits .
Web links
- Novel series website (Japanese)
- Manga website (Japanese)
- Anime website (Japanese)
- Entry on the anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kōji Yanagi's Joker Game Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation. Anime News Network, August 7, 2015, accessed July 28, 2016 .