Beginning this January, TMS Productions will resume work on their media mix project, HIGH CARD, focusing on the anime's second season of poker based entertainment! The creators of the anime dropped the first key visual for the project today, depicting Pinochle members dressed to the nines.
Check out the new visual for yourself!
The return of Pinochle members Vijay Kumar Singh, Finn Oldman, Chris Redgrave, Wendy Sato, and Leo Constantine Pinochle was confirmed with the newly released visuals, which we can't wait to see their comeback! Theodore Pinochle, the CEO, Owen Alldays, his secretary, Bernard, the chaperone, and the caretaker will also be featured in the upcoming second season of HIGH CARD.
Crunchyroll, who streamed the first season of the series, describes it below:
After discovering that his orphanage was on the brink of closing due to financial stress, Finn, who was living freely on the streets, set out for a casino with the aim of making a fortune. However, nothing could have prepared Finn for the nightmare that was awaiting him. Once there, Finn encountered a car chase and bloody shootout caused by a manʼs “lucky” card.
Finn will eventually learn what the shootout was about. The world order can be controlled by a set of 52 X-Playing cards with the power to bestow different superhuman powers and abilities to the ones that possess them. With these cards, people can access the hidden power of the “buddy” that can be found within themselves.
There is a secret group of players called High Card, who have been directly ordered by the king of Fourland to collect the cards that have been scattered throughout the kingdom, while moonlighting as employees of the luxury car maker Pinochle. Scouted to become the groupʼs fifth member, Finn soon joins the players on a dangerous mission to find these cards.
“All you need in life are manners, dignity, and the will to bet on your own life.”
However, Whoʼs Who, the rival car maker obsessed with defeating Pinochle, and the Klondikes, the infamous Mafia family, stand in the way of the gang.
A frenzied battle amongst these card obsessed players, fueled by justice, desire, and revenge, is about to begin!
Official Trailer
Did you watch the first season of HIGH CARD? What were your thoughts on it? Sound off in the comments down below if you will be tuning in to the anime's second season when it releases. We'll let you know new details as they are released!