Great Pretender 

A Japanese conman crosses paths with a French rival, and gets entangled in conspiracies and scams beyond his wildest dreams.

Stars:

Wolf Williams, Alan Lee, Aaron Phillips

10 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Wolf Williams	...	Ed / ... 13 episodes, 2020
Alan Lee	...	Edamame 9 episodes, 2020
Aaron Phillips	...	Laurent 9 episodes, 2020
Kausar Mohammed	...	Abbie 9 episodes, 2020
Chiaki Kobayashi	...	Makoto Edamura 8 episodes, 2020
Jun'ichi Suwabe	...	Laurent Thierry 8 episodes, 2020
Natsumi Fujiwara	...	Abigail Jones 8 episodes, 2020
Mike Pollock	...	Kudo / ... 7 episodes, 2020
Karen Huie	...	Shi Ohn / ... 7 episodes, 2020
Laura Post	...	Cynthia / ... 7 episodes, 2020
Neil Kaplan	...	Additional Voices / ... 7 episodes, 2020
Kyle McCarley	...	Additional Voices / ... 6 episodes, 2020
Mie Sonozaki	...	Cynthia Moore / ... 6 episodes, 2020

Storyline

Edamura Masato is said to be Japan's greatest swindler. One day, however, he finds out that he is actually not the greatest, while he tries to steal from a foreigner, he finds that all his money was stolen instead. He chases the snatcher all the way to Los Angeles and learns that the foreigner is Laurent Thierry, a man, who has ties to international criminal organizations. Will Masato escape the mafia?

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Plot Keywords:

scam | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Freddie Mercury's song "The Great Pretender" serves as the show's theme song. This is the first time Mercury or Queen's soundtrack will be heard for a Japanese anime series.

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Soundtracks

G.P.
Written by Yutaka Yamada

User Reviews

Nice

It is a nice and sweet anime. The storylines remind of Ocean's 11 etc. The same kind of good guys that con a bad guy. Pretty basic and somewhat predictable stuff but absolutely fun to watch. What makes this anime special is de graphics style, that are uncommon for a japanese anime and reminded me of the artistic graphical novels from Cyril Pedrosa. It has a freshness in it that really fits the stories. That alone makes it worthwhile to watch

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 June 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Great Pretender

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fuji Television Network, Production I.G., TOHO animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Color:

Color