Following up on the batch releases in Japan, Netflix announced the date for WIT Studio's GREAT PRETENDER anime elsewhere. According to the @NXOnNetflix account, we can look forward to the killer heist team of a small-time con man and a gentleman thief on August 20.
Here's TOHO's trailer from May:
The anime's story will take viewers around the world to exotic destinations including Los Angeles, Singapore, London, Shanghai, and Tokyo. The anime's official website introduces the TV anime as such:
Makoto Edamura is supposedly Japan's greatest swindler. Together with his partner Kudo, they try to trick a Frenchman in Asakusa but unexpectedly get tricked instead. The Frenchman, whom they tried to swindle, turns out to be Laurent Thierry- a much higher-level 'confidence man,' in control of the mafias. Edamura is yet to find out what fate awaits him, after having engaged in the Frenchman's dirty jobs...! Hiro Kaburagi x Yoshiyuki Sadamoto x Ryota Kosawa x WIT STUDIO - A high-end animated entertainment created by the best team of the century -
GREAT PRETENDER is directed by Hiro Kaburagi (91Days), with character designs from the legendary character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion), and story from popular screenplay writer Ryota Kosawa (Parasyte live-action films).
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.
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