The official website of the Great Pretender original television anime announced a sequel titled Great Pretender Razbliuto on Friday, revealing the production staff, a teaser promo, and key visual (pictured). The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2024, exclusively on DMM TV, and Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide.
An advance screening event for the first 20 minutes of the anime will be held at Anime NYC on November 18.
Staff
Director: Hiro Kaburagi (91 Days)
Assistant Director: Mai Teshima (Ousama Ranking episode director) NEW
Series Composition: Taku Kishimoto (Blue Lock) NEW, Hiro Kaburagi NEW
Character Design: Hirotaka Katou (Mahoutsukai no Yome) NEW
Original Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time original character design) NEW
Script Supervision: Ryouta Kosawa (Great Pretender script) NEW
Chief Animation Director: Hirotaka Katou (Hoozuki no Reitetsu), Shousuke Ishibashi (Youjo Senki main animator) NEW
Concept Design: Youko Tanji (Great Pretender)
Image Design: syo5 (Great Pretender)
Design Works: Akiyo Okuda (Great Pretender), Shousuke Ishibashi
Art Director: Yuusuke Takeda (Vinland Saga), Yumiko Sudou NEW
Art Design: Kazushi Fujii (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song)
Color Design: Yuuko Kobari (Skip to Loafer)
Director of Photography: Kazuto Izumida (Heike Monogatari)
Editing: Daisuke Imai (Trigun Stampede)
Music: Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga)
Sound Director: Shouji Hata (Spy x Family)
Animation Producer: Maiko Okada (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri)
Studio: Wit Studio
Note: New staff involved with the sequel are denoted with the legend NEW.
Great Pretender is an original anime produced by Wit Studio, which began airing in Summer 2020. Netlifx simulcast the anime worldwide.
Synopsis
A series of unfortunate events has led Makoto "Edamame" Edamura to adopt the life of crime—pickpocketing and scamming others for a living. However, after swindling a seemingly clueless tourist, Makoto discovers that he was the one tricked and, to make matters worse, that the police are now after him.
While making his escape, he runs into the tourist once again, who turns out to be a fellow con man named Laurent Thierry, and ends up following him to Los Angeles. In an attempt to defend his self-proclaimed title of "Japan's Greatest Swindler," Makoto challenges his rival to determine the better scammer. Accepting the competition, Laurent drops them off outside a huge mansion and claims that their target will be the biggest mafia boss on the West Coast.
Jumping from city to city, Great Pretender follows the endeavors of Makoto alongside the cunning Laurent and his colorful associates in the world of international high-stakes fraud. Soon, Makoto realizes that he got more than what he bargained for as his self-declared skills are continually put to the test. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Huh. Never thought there’d be any more to this anime since the first season ended pretty conclusively. But I really enjoyed Great Pretender so I’m pleasantly surprised to see it return. I wonder if they’ll use Queen’s song again lol.
Huh. Never thought there’d be any more to this anime since the first season ended pretty conclusively. But I really enjoyed Great Pretender so I’m pleasantly surprised to see it return. I wonder if they’ll use Queen’s song again lol.
@Phlaryx I'm hyped regardless! Great Pretender is a fantastic TV show and while I find it lesser than 91 Day, it does lend it self to squeals better than that show. There is a lot worse anime to make a second season of that in no way needed it. I can take a new season of absurdly well animated Oceans 11 even if its mostly jogging in place natively.
Huh. Never thought there’d be any more to this anime since the first season ended pretty conclusively. But I really enjoyed Great Pretender so I’m pleasantly surprised to see it return. I wonder if they’ll use Queen’s song again lol.
@Phlaryx They will most probably use another Queen's song for the ending. I mean this show is named after his song so it's kinda obvious.
I don't like it when they make sequels of animes with perfectly fine conclusion so hopefully this'll be good. Maybe we'll get to see Abby and Makoto married at the end this time.
to be honest, i would have much preferred wit to focus on something else, as i didn't like great pretender that much, the characters had nice designs and the visuals were very cool, but i thought the cast wasn't that likable and that the arcs got progressively worse as that series went on.
that said, it's impressive that it got a continuation and i'm happy for the fans.
Didn't expect to see a sequel to this show years later, good news. But do I understand correctly that this time there are new characters, but in the same universe?
Never expected "Great Pretender" to get a sequel tbh. The show was great and i had no real clue if it would ever really get another season but thankfully that'll happen next year.
This is such a pleasant surprise! Really enjoyed the first series, the ending felt like there could have been some more if I remember correctly but really didn't expect them to actually continue so I'm really excited about this!