The official kakegurui_jp Twitter account has revealed a new poster and release date for the upcoming live-action adaptation of authors Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura's gambling manga series Kakegurui. The tweet's text translates into "Even stronger than a joker, the high school girl". Giving the word play that Yumeko Jabami is more skilled and valuable than the Joker card. The release date of May 2019 was also in the tweet.
The series launched a live-action television drama in January 15, 2018 and ended on March 19, 2018 with 10 episodes. A second season is in development right now. Tsutomu habasua directed it, JNN, MBS and TBS broadcasted it.
The first season of the anime ran from July 1, 2017 to September 23, 2017 and has 12 episodes. The staff that worked on season 1 and is now coming back for the second season in January 2019 is the following:
Director, Storyboard - Yuuichirou Hayashi
Sound Director - Akiko Fujita
Episode Director, Storyboard - Sayo Yamamoto
Script, Series Composition - Yasuko Kobayashi
Studio - MAPPA
The main voice cast from season 1 is the following, although it has not been confirmed it is coming back for season 2:
Yumeko Jabami - Saori Hayami
Mary Saotome - Minami TAnaka
Ryouta Suzui - Tatsuya Tokutake
Midari Ikishima - Mariya Ise
Kirari Momobami - Miyuki Sawashiro
The manga series that inspired this anime project is written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Toru Naomura. Square Enix publishes it and Yen Press has the English license. It has been publishing in the Gangan Joker magazine since 2014 and has 10 volumes out right now.
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