Great Pretender (TV series)


Great Pretender is an original Japanese anime crime comedy television series produced by Wit Studio, directed by Hiro Kaburagi and written by Ryota Kosawa.
The series premiered on July 8, 2020 on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block. It received a June 2, 2020 release ahead of its television debut on Netflix in Japan. The series is scheduled for a global August 20, 2020 release on Netflix.

Characters

;Makoto Edamura
;Laurent Thierry
;Abigail Jones
;Cynthia Moore
;Kudo
;Kim Si Won

Los Angeles

;Eddie Cassano
;Salazar
;Inspector Anderson

Singapore

;Sam Ibrahim
;Clark Ibrahim
;Lewis Mueller
;Isabelle Mueller

London

;James Coleman
;Thomas Meyer
;Farrah Brown
;Tim

Media

Anime

During Anime Expo 2019, Wit Studio revealed that they are producing a new 23-episode original anime television series that is directed by Hiro Kaburagi and written by Ryota Kosawa. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is designing the characters, and Yutaka Yamada is composing the series' music. Yamada also composes its theme song "G.P.", while its ending theme is Freddie Mercury's cover of The Platters' "The Great Pretender".
It premiered on Fuji TV's +Ultra anime programming block and BS Fuji on July 8, 2020. The series is also streamed on Netflix in Japan.
Great Pretender is set for release on August 20, 2020 on Netflix outside of Japan.
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Manga

A manga adaptation by Daichi Marui was announced to run on Mag Garden's Mag Comi and LINE Manga from June 10, 2020.