Although it took a while for the Kakegurui anime series to make its debut in the West, the series has certainly built up an incredible fanbase. Its popularity even nabbed it a live-action TV series that's now available to stream in the United States.
Anime Kakegurui Season 2 ini akan tayang pada Januari 2019. Kiyoshi Matsuda bergabung dengan Yuichiro Hayashi sebagai sutradara untuk musim baru. Yasuko Kobayashi dan Manabu Akita kembali sebagai penulis dan perancang karakter, masing-masing. MAPPA sekali lagi menangani animasi Kakegurui Season 2 ini. Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler is a Japanese manga series written by Homura Kawamoto. A second season titled Kakegurui ×× aired from January 8 to March 26, 2019. Compulsive Gambler, the game is played with two decks (Episode 2). The live-action drama adaptation was first announced on November 21,.
The live-action TV series premiered January 14 in Japan, but is now finally available for streaming on Netflix for curious fans in the United States.
The cast of the TV series includes Minami Hamabe as Yumeko Jabami, Mahiro Takasugi as Ryota Suzui, Aoi Morikawa as Mary Saotome, Taishi Nakagawa as Kaede Manyuda, Yurika Nakamura as Sayaka Igarashi, Natsume Mito as Runa Yomotsuki, Ruka Matsuda as Itsuki Sumeragi, Natsumi Okamoto as Yuriko Nishinotoin, Yuma Yamoto as Jun Kiwatari, Kiyo Matsumoto as Nanami Tsubomi, and Miki Yanagi as Midari Ikishima.
The original anime series, Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler, is now available to stream on Netflix in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Philippines as of February 1 as well. Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler is a series originally created by Homura Kawamoto with illustrations by Toru Naomura.
The series premiered on Netflix Japan July 2, the English language version of the 12 episode first season has been licensed by Yen Press and Netflix, and they describe the series as such:
'Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!'
1commentsThe first season was directed by Yuichiro Hayashi (Garo the Animation) for MAPPA, with Yasuko Kobayashi (Attack on Titan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) writing the scripts. Manabu Akita (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) designed characters for the series, and TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (Witch Craft Works) handled the music for the series.
The series itself has taken on a different life online as fans have reacted to the series' character design, overt sexual tone, and the clash that tone has with the series' titular gambling. Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler has proven to be popular enough in Japan to warrant the releases of both a second season and a live-action series.
Quickly confirmed after the first season ended its run in Japan, Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler is coming back for a second season. But when can fans expect to see it for themselves? Not too far from now.
In the latest chapter of the manga series, Kakegurui confirmed that Season 2 of the anime adaptation will release in January 2019.
'Kakegurui' S2 anime will have its broadcast premiere in January 2019 //t.co/k3TCspGwQKpic.twitter.com/7UucSrOGYU
— moetron | pKjd (@pkjd818) August 20, 2018It's no mystery why fans want the second season of the anime so badly as Kakegurui made a huge impression when it launched as part of the Winter 2018 anime season. The blend of tense, grounded situations with fantastical amounts of money and gambling, the series gained a ton of notoriety for what it puts its characters through.
The series is also just as known for the wildly diverse reaction faces of its losers and winners, starting with one of its main characters, Yumeko Jabami. If you want to see what this cult favorite is all about, Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler is now available to stream on Netflix in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Phillipines.
Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler has been licensed by Yen Press and Netflix and is described as such:
'Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!'
0commentsThe first season was directed by Yuichiro Hayashi (Garo the Animation) for MAPPA, with Yasuko Kobayashi (Attack on Titan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) writing the scripts. Manabu Akita (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) designed characters for the series, and TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (Witch Craft Works) handled the music for the series
Originally created Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler is a series originally created by Homura Kawamoto with illustrations by Toru Naomura for Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine in 2014. The series has since spawned an anime series, with a second season on the way, and a live-action series.