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Friendships Are Tested in Tomodachi Game TV Anime in April of 2022

A promotional image for the Tomodachi Game manga, written by Mikoto Yamaguchi, illustrated by Yuki Sato, and published by Kodansha in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine.

 

How far would you go for your friends? Such is the central question in Tomodachi Game ("Friends Game"), a newly announced TV anime based on the psychological thriller manga written by Mikoto Yamaguchi and illustrated by Yuki Sato about a group of young people whose faith in friendship is sorely tested when they are forced to play a series of sadistic games.

 

The main staff for Tomodachi Game includes:

 

  • Original work: Mikoto Yamaguchi
  • Original artwork: Yuki Sato (serialized by Kodansha in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine)
  • Director: Hirofumi Ogura
  • Series composition, screenplay: Kenta Ihara
  • Character design: Satomi Miyazaki
  • Art director: Wei Siman (Studio Tulip)
  • Art settings: Daping Si (Studio Tulip)
  • Color design: Aiko Mizuno
  • Director of photography: Yomogiko Murano (Rare Trick)
  • Music: MICHIRU
  • Sound production: Studio Mausu
  • Sound director: Hiroto Morishita
  • Animation production: Okuruto Noboru

 

The main cast of Tomodachi Game includes:

 

  • Chiaki Kobayashi as Yuichi Katagiri.
  • Daiki Hamano as Tenji Mikasa.
  • Yume Miyamoto as Shiho Sawaragi.
  • Tomohiro Ōno as Makoto Shibe.
  • And Satomi Amano as Yutori Kokorogi.

 

A key visual for the upcoming Tomodachi Game TV anime, featuring the main characters hanging out on a stairwell to an overhead pedestrian pass in an urban Japanese city. In the deep background, an ominous figure shaped like a cartoon boy in a baseball cap observes from a railing along the roof of a building.

 

The story of Tomodachi Game revolves around Yuichi Katagiri, a young man who was raised to believe that friendship is more important than money. After the savings for the class field trip are mysteriously stolen, Yuichi and group of his friends are kidnapped and entered into the mysterious "Friends Game" with the stolen funds as their participation fee. Each of the 5 players is worth 4 million yen, and by working together they can win 20 million yen total to pay off their families' various debts. However, the "Friends Game" is a sadistic competition designed to push their friendships past the breaking point.

 

Tomodachi Game is scheduled to begin broadcasting in April of 2022.

 

Source: Comic Natalie

 

Copyright notice: © Mikoto Yamaguchi・Yuki Sato・Kodansha / "Tomodachi Game" Production Committee

 

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.



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